The nearly year-long legal battle between the state of New York and daily fantasy sports (DFS) sites DraftKings and FanDuel has all but come to an anticlimactic end today, with Governor Andrew “Not the one from TV” Cuomo putting his name to a new law that explicitly legalize certain DFS contests within the Empire State. [More]
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Expect Fewer Obnoxious DraftKings & FanDuel Ads This Football Season
By 8.1.16
Last fall, daily fantasy sports seemed to come out of nowhere, with the industry’s two biggest players — DraftKings and FanDuel — also suddenly emerging as two of the biggest spenders on TV advertising. Constant commercials, sponsored segments on sports shows; even the final season of FXX’s The League had a bizarre, shoehorned-in season-long DraftKings subplot. All these ads brought DFS gamers to the two sites, but they also attracted the attention of state regulators, resulting in Nevada and New York being added to the list of states where DFS is not (for the moment) allowed. Now the two sites say they plan to rein in their ad spending and make ads that don’t play up the aspects that make DFS look a lot like gambling to some people. [More]
NFL Agrees To Make Its Pre-Teen Fantasy Football Contests Less Like Gambling
By 7.13.16
Earlier this year, consumer advocates called on the NFL to put an end to its NFL Rush Fantasy competitions, which are only for pre-teens, but which offer significant prizes, ranging from video game consoles to trips to the Pro Bowl. While the NFL is apparently going to continue offering the kiddie fantasy football game, these groups say the league is making changes to address some of their concerns. [More]
Illinois Attorney General Says DraftKings, FanDuel Are Illegal Gambling Sites
By 12.23.15
While daily fantasy sports (DFS) sites DraftKings and FanDuel are hanging on to their hundreds of thousands of paying New York state customers by a legal thread, the high-profile operations are coming under scrutiny in the Central time zone, with the Illinois attorney general opining that DFS sites constitute illegal gambling under state law. [More]
Not So Fast, New York: DraftKings Says It’s Still Able To Operate In New York State
By 12.11.15
Earlier this morning, a New York Supreme Court judge granted the state’s temporary injunction against DraftKings and FanDuel, blocking the daily fantasy sports (DFS) sites from doing business in the state, pending the outcome of the state’s lawsuit against them. However, DraftKings says it was able to hold off this injunction, allowing the site to remain in operation in the Empire State for the time being. [More]
