5 Key Takeaways | The Maze of Laws, Rules, and Regulations at the Intersection of Gambling, Gaming, Sports Betting, and Fantasy Sports
Fantasy Football: The Legal Reality
Since the recent debut of mobile sports gambling in New York, citizens have started wagering on the production of skilled players to lead their bets to victory. More recently, however, “skilled” players of another kind scored...more
A New York law permitting interactive fantasy sports (IFS) is unconstitutional, an appellate court in the state has ruled, dealing a blow to the multimillion-dollar industry. The state legislature amended the Racing,...more
Last week, the New York Supreme Court's Appellate Division dealt a blow to a law authorizing daily fantasy sports contests in the state, by ruling the law directly violated the state constitution's prohibition on gambling. ...more
Recently, there has been a frenzy of legal activity with U.S. gambling laws and the number of gambling-related legal issues with video games. U.S. gambling laws have changed more in the past few years than they have in a long...more
Alabama and Tennessee have become the most recent states to weigh in on the legality of daily fantasy sports (DFS) contests. Last week, the attorneys general of the two states issued opinions declaring such contests to be...more
Due to the specifics of New York state law, the outcome of the closely-watched New York state case against daily fantasy sports operators may not come down solely to a question of whether DFS is skill. New York has a two-part...more
As the popularity of fantasy sports grows, so do the legal issues surrounding the industry. The main legal challenges facing fantasy sports have been centered on the issue of whether pay-to-play fantasy sports contests...more