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Digital Journal
February 7, 2018
Emerging technologies and platforms are shaping the fantasy sports industry today in ways we could have only imagined a decade ago. Players are joining the sports fantasy scene by the thousands, introducing more games and exciting the fan base worldwide. With the expansion and the magnetism of the cryptocurrencyÃÂ ...
Markets Insider
February 6, 2018
VANCOUVER, Feb. 5, 2018 /CNW/ - Global Daily Fantasy Sports Inc. ("Global" or the "Company") (TSX-V: DFS) an innovative B2B Daily Fantasy Sports software provider has signed a two-year exclusive agreement with Microgame S.P.A. (Microgame) to deliver the company's Daily Fantasy Sports productÃÂ ...
Omaha World-Herald
January 17, 2018
Tyson Larson of O'Neill said he considers his proposal a consumer protection bill that imposes requirements on the companies that offer online fee-based daily fantasy sports contests for cash payouts. Legislative Bill 469 also defines the contests as games of skill, potentially immunizing them from claimsÃÂ ...
FantasyAlarm.com
December 20, 2017
In July 2017, Fantasy Alarm, recognizing Bowden's dominance as a fantasy baseball analyst, gave him the chair as fantasy football analyst on The Fantasy Alarm Show with Howard Bender every weekday from 4:00 to 6:00 PM ET on SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio. The program showcased Bowden'sÃÂ ...
Wichita Eagle
December 7, 2017
The Seminole Tribe of Florida is warning that an attempt by legislators to clear up the legal status of fantasy sports could result in the state losing millions in payments from the tribe. The tribe runs several casinos in the state. This week the Seminoles sent a letter to top legislators regarding pending bills thatÃÂ ...
OnlinePokerReport.com
November 21, 2017
Illinois came close to passing online gambling and daily fantasy sports legislation this year, but proposed bills didn't quite reach the finish line.
Markets Insider
November 21, 2017
VANCOUVER, Nov. 21, 2017 /CNW/ - Global Daily Fantasy Sports Inc. ("Global" or the "Company") (TSX-V: DFS) is pleased to announce that ...
theday.com
November 4, 2017
A provision buried deep in the two-year budget Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed last week — Section 649, to be exact — calls for the ...
Polygon
October 27, 2017
Amazon Game Studios' competitive sports brawler with a mythological twist, Breakaway, is getting a major overhaul, the studio said today.
Scout
September 20, 2017
Emil Kadlec serves as the President of Fantasy Sports Publications, the largest publisher of Fantasy magazines in the country. Formerly servingÃÂ ...
Bloomberg BNA
September 14, 2017
As background, many states, including New York, generally define a “fantasy sports contest” as a game in which individuals use “theirÃÂ ...
Entrepreneur
September 12, 2017
Facing lawsuits from attorney generals, DraftKings founders not only had to fight legal battles but also had to figure out how to keep theirÃÂ ...
Governing
August 11, 2017
Maine is adopting rules about daily fantasy sports games that classify the contests as games of skill and create a tax structure for them.
Concord Monitor
August 11, 2017
9, 2015, file photo Devlin D'Zmura, a tending news manager at DraftKings, a daily fantasy sports company, works on his laptop at theÃÂ ...
Lexology (registration)
August 9, 2017
Maine recently joined the growing list of states (now 15) to legalize fantasy sports by enacting its own legislation that will expressly sanctionÃÂ ...
Charlotte Observer
March 24, 2017
I've seen criticism of the fantasy sports bill moving through our state legislature, calling it government overreach and anti-business.
AL.com
March 22, 2017
DraftKings and FanDuel are the two most popular online daily fantasy sports sites, but both were told to cease operations in Alabama last year.
FOX 5 Atlanta
March 21, 2017
"I can remember oftentimes towards the end of my career when fantasy sports was really becoming a big thing and certainly fantasy baseball, you know, how many times I would have somebody say to me, 'Hey, you know, I really enjoy watching you play and IÃÂ ...
McClatchy Washington Bureau
March 16, 2017
In this Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, photo, Len Don Diego, marketing manager for content at DraftKings, a daily fantasy sports company, works at his station at theÃÂ ...
Charlotte Observer
March 14, 2017
Things our president is up early in the morning watching "Fox and Friends" and Tweeting over. Things that have our Democratic governor whizzing in the wind in a room full of Republicans.
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
March 10, 2017
... chance to propose new laws for 2017. Friday was the last day to file bills in the Texas Legislature. It included efforts to help reform a deeply troubled foster care system and legalize fantasy sports. Another would exempt breast-feeding moms from ...
News & Observer
March 8, 2017
House Bill 279 would put the secretary of state's office in charge of regulating the growing industry. Fantasy sports are online games in which players select virtual teams consisting of real-life athletes, then compete with other teams with scores ...
Rotowire
February 26, 2017
The No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford was extremely fast. Blaney flexed his muscles all afternoon among the leaders. He and Joey Logano would team up in the rear of the 12-car breakaway over the final laps and push toward the front.
Rotowire
February 26, 2017
Coming off a poor 2016 season, Menard really needed a good finish in the Daytona 500 to get his season off on the right foot. That's exactly what he did Sunday afternoon at DIS.
Rotowire
February 26, 2017
It was a long, wreck-filled race at Daytona Saturday. Reed showed his expertise in superspeedway racing by avoiding most of the accidents and keeping the fenders straight on his No.
Rotowire
February 19, 2017
Rain postponed the running of the Clash from Saturday night until Sunday morning. It would be the Joe Gibbs Racing show for most of the 75-lap event, but the Penske Racing duo of Logano and Brad Keselowski would push their way forward with 3 laps toÃÂ ...
Omaha World-Herald
February 18, 2017
Ironically, the bill he referred to was introduced, in part, to help inoculate the fantasy sport industry against claims that it is nothing but a different form of gambling and should be outlawed.
Centre Daily Times
February 17, 2017
Though Regula is still searching for that elusive first championship, his club, Philanthropic Fantasy Sports, has contributed hundreds of dollars to winning causes, such as the Penn State Student Red Cross Club, Doctors without Borders and several PennÃÂ ...
Jackson Free Press
February 15, 2017
#After a study committee met in 2016, the Fantasy Contest Act regulates fantasy contests, namely fantasy sports leagues, under the Mississippi Gaming Commission's purview.
Omaha World-Herald
January 30, 2017
LINCOLN - Opponents in the gambling debate lined up on both sides of a bill Monday that would regulate the fantasy sports industry in Nebraska.
News & Observer
January 30, 2017
The legislation, sponsored by Democratic Assemblymen Vince Mazzeo, Ralph Caputo and John Burzichelli, wouldn't regulate small-scale season-long fantasy sports. The bill calls for the Division of Consumer of Affairs to issue permits to fantasy sportsÃÂ ...
Port City Daily
January 19, 2017
We started bickering about the time he spends on fantasy sports leagues and our sound engineer, comedian Louis Bishop, started laughing and said THAT needed to be the podcast.
Corporate Counsel (registration)
January 19, 2017
The daily fantasy sports (DFS) industry has been teetering on the blurry line that divides legality and illegality for some time.
US Poker (blog)
January 19, 2017
Live updates from the online poker and daily fantasy sports hearing in the Washington State Senate Commerce, Labor & Sports Committee.
Lexology (registration)
January 16, 2017
This week a Florida State Senator introduced proposed revisions to the State's gaming laws intended to, among other things, regulate fantasy sports within the State of Florida. The bill proposes enacting the Fantasy Contest Amusement Act, intended toÃÂ ...
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
January 14, 2017
In attempts to lessen the uncertainty that still surrounds the legality of fantasy sports, Maryland and Florida introduced measures to clarify the rules of the road for the likes of DraftKings Inc. and FanDuel Inc. Maryland's regulations, adopted by ...
4Flush.com
January 12, 2017
Daily fantasy sports is a subject that many states in the US have been looking in to over the past year. For 2017, the state of Florida will be the latest to consider daily fantasy sports legislation after a bill was introduced by State Representative ...
FakeTeams
January 3, 2017
This person will be responsible for managing the daily operations of a large website with a loyal following of readers, and ideally is an obsessive fantasy sports fan. The perfect candidate can express her or his thoughts about fantasy sports in a ...
KAKE
January 3, 2017
(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill). Los Angeles Rams running back Todd Gurley, right, pushes off Arizona Cardinals middle linebacker Kevin Minter during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, in Los Angeles.
Florida Politics (blog)
January 2, 2017
Ballard Partners will continue its representation of daily fantasy sports (DFS) companies into 2017, according to lobbying registration records reviewed Monday.
KAKE
December 12, 2016
(AP Photo/Mike McCarn). Carolina Panthers' Greg Olsen (88) reaches out to injured San Diego Chargers' Melvin Gordon (28) in the first half of an NFL football game in Charlotte, N.C.
Lexology (registration)
December 6, 2016
A bill introduced to the Illinois House of Representatives, designed to criminalize fantasy sports, has been assigned to the Executive Committee for further review and analysis.
KAKE
November 14, 2016
(AP Photo/Michael Perez). Philadelphia Eagles' Ryan Mathews (24) scores a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016, in Philadelphia.
KAKE
November 13, 2016
(AP Photo/Tim Ireland). ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, NOV. 13 AND THEREAFTER - FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2016 file photo, Washington Redskins running back Rob Kelley (32) runs with the ball during an NFL Football game between Cincinnati Bengals andÃÂ ...
Fortune
November 2, 2016
But when companies like FanDuel and DraftKings developed highly popular daily fantasy sports (DFS) contests, where people with shorter attention spans could try to make some money in a single day, the games took on more of a gambling aspect, andÃÂ ...
theday.com
October 31, 2016
Connecticut's legislature considered a bill last year that would have legalized fantasy sports contests by exempting them from the definition of gambling and requiring operators of the games to provide certain consumer protections.
Indiana Public Media
October 25, 2016
Legislation this year to regulate paid fantasy sports included language that requires operators to "make a reasonable effort" to withhold delinquent child support from a player's winnings.
EconoTimes
October 24, 2016
The digital gaming boom has led to the expansion of the industry far beyond its traditional ecosystem of developers, publishers and operators, and inculcates a host of players from adjoining verticals such as media firms, investment firms, event ...
Philly.com
October 24, 2016
While the Sixers Innovation Lab wasn't supposed to be up and running at the Philadelphia 76ers Training Complex in Camden until March, the lab's newlyÃÂ ...
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
October 19, 2016
In terms of Legal Notice 271 of 2016, the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has exempted fantasy sports games operators from the requirement to obtain a license.
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