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Fantasy Sports to lobby Florida lawmakers

September 18, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, North America Casino News, Online gambling regulation, Mobile gaming, Florida, Online Gambling News, Fantasy Sports, Licensing

The $70 billion fantasy football market may be adding Florida to what is anticipated to be a growing list of states that are examining their respective gambling laws, and determining that the activity is a game...

Daily fantasy sports could burst into the limelight this season

Kim M

September 13, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, NFL, Gaming Law & Legislation, Sports betting, Fantasy Sports, Licensing

With an estimated 57 million people participating in fantasy sports this year, the leagues and now daily fantasy sports (DFS) have taken sports betting into the stratosphere, and leading the industry in daily’s...

Whopping $93b in illegal sports betting this season says AGA

Kim M

September 12, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, NFL, Gaming Law & Legislation, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, Illegal Bookmaking, Sports betting, Online Gambling News, Fantasy Sports, Licensing, Nevada

Football fans will place an estimated $93 billion in illegal bets on NFL and college football games this season with Nevada sports books seeing only $2 billion of legal betting action, according to new estimate...

Michigan regulator says fantasy sports are illegal

Kim M

September 3, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Sports betting, Fantasy Sports, Michigan

According to a GamblingCompliance report on Tuesday, daily fantasy sports (DFS) are not legal in the state of Michigan. On the heels of the introduction of a fantasy bill last week, the executive director of...

Nevada Gaming Control Board legal analysis of Daily Fantasy Sports ongoing

Kim M

August 27, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Gaming Industry News, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Fantasy Sports, Licensing, Nevada

This fall, Nevada, which is the king of gaming scrutiny, could lead the way to the regulation of daily fantasy sports (DFS) in the U.S., and subsequently impact the future of the activity - depending upon the r...

DraftKings’ CEO Says “absolutely not” adding a sportsbook to its overseas expansion

Kim M

August 21, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Fantasy Sports, Licensing, United Kingdom

Opening a sportsbook won’t be part of daily fantasy site DraftKings broad range of overseas expansion plans according to its Chief Executive Officer Jason Robins who said, “We know what we do, and that’s daily ...

Amaya to join fantasy sports fray after acquiring Victiv

Lars Jones

August 15, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., Canada, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Fantasy Sports

David Baazov's Nasdaq listed Amaya went from an odd little Canadian company making seemingly senseless strategic decisions in an uncertain market to the champion of leveraged buy-outs and a potential savior of ...

IBM joins forces with startup fantasy football app for AI based analysis

Kim M

August 13, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, World Casino News, Technology, Fantasy Sports, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

Who would have ever thought sports and technology would be intertwined? Well hold on to your hats fantasy football fans because tech giant “big blue,” (IBM) together with Kickstarter’s new kid on the block, Edg...

Yahoo Daily Fantasy Sports surges industry forward

Kim M

August 11, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Online gambling regulation, Fantasy Sports

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With an estimated 57 million people participating in fantasy sports this year, fantasy sports leagues and now daily fantasy sports have taken sports betting into the stratosphere, and Yahoo Fantasy Sports is qu...

DOJ and NFL have argued that sports betting is skill-based

Kim M

July 23, 2015

Gaming Law & Legislation, Poker Law, U.S.A., Sports betting, Fantasy Sports, New Jersey

Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL oppose legalized sports betting, but that may change in the near future for the business that generated a whopping $7.2 billion in national revenue in 2014. The argumen...

National Fantasy Football Convention canceled/rescheduled for 2016

Lars Jones

June 7, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Conferences / Trade Shows, Fantasy Sports

The National Fantasy Football Convention (NFFC) scheduled for July 10-12 in Las Vegas has been cancelled. The event, scheduled since March, would have been held at the Sands Expo and Convention Center, where no...

Gov. Brownback signs fantasy sports bill–no SE Kansas casino news

Lars Jones

May 20, 2015

Gaming Law & Legislation, Online gambling regulation, Fantasy Sports, Kansas

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback put the final nail in the coffin of debate over whether fantasy sports betting is legal in his state. Brownback signed SB 267 into law Tuesday clarifying the legality of fantasy sp...

Brownback sent bill allowing fantasy sports in Kansas

Lars Jones

May 10, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Fantasy Sports, Kansas

After passing the measure by a vote of 37-1 in the Senate Monday, and 98-21 in the House on Thursday, a bill specifically legalizing fantasy sports will find its way to the Kansas Governor's desk soon. Republic...

Fantasy sports proposal constitutional: Kansas AG

Sadonna Price

April 27, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Lottery, Fantasy Sports, Kansas

With a strong opposition to gambling, GOP State Representative Mark Kahrs of Wichita, Kansas requested Attorney General Derek Schmidt to give his non-binding legal opinion of a legislative proposal that would l...

Louisiana seeking to legalize Fantasy Football

Sam Mitchell

April 13, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Online gambling regulation, Fantasy Sports, Louisiana

Friday April 10, 2015, Rep. Joseph Lopinto submitted House Bill No. 475 to the Louisiana legislature. Lopinto wants to amend the state gambling laws for more clarity. He is asking to separate fantasy sports fro...

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Fantasy Sports to lobby Florida lawmakers

Daily fantasy sports could burst into the limelight this season

Whopping $93b in illegal sports betting this season says AGA

Michigan regulator says fantasy sports are illegal

Nevada Gaming Control Board legal analysis of Daily Fantasy Sports ongoing

DraftKings’ CEO Says “absolutely not” adding a sportsbook to its overseas expansion

Amaya to join fantasy sports fray after acquiring Victiv

IBM joins forces with startup fantasy football app for AI based analysis

Yahoo Daily Fantasy Sports surges industry forward

DOJ and NFL have argued that sports betting is skill-based

National Fantasy Football Convention canceled/rescheduled for 2016

Gov. Brownback signs fantasy sports bill–no SE Kansas casino news

Brownback sent bill allowing fantasy sports in Kansas

Fantasy sports proposal constitutional: Kansas AG

Louisiana seeking to legalize Fantasy Football

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