If you’re a complete newbie to daily fantasy sports, you have your work cut out for you. Sure, the basic idea is simple enough. It only takes a few minutes to read through the rules and draft your first team, but there is still a lot to learn as far as developing a strategy and…
The Paulick Report broke some interesting news that a number of race tracks based in the United States and owned by the Stronach Group filed a lawsuit in California earlier today against fantasy horse racing site DerbyWars.com.
If you’re following the current situation unfolding in the world of daily fantasy sports you’re probably astutely aware of the battle lines being drawn. On one side are the DFS operators and industry and their ardent supporters. These people are decidedly pro-DFS and given their druthers wouldn’t change a thing. On the other side… well,…
On September 30, PokerStars announced they had been approved for a transactional waiver by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement. The approval was some two years in the making and allows PokerStars to launch a licensed online poker site in the state of New Jersey in conjunction with their partner Resorts Casino.
Following the #DKLeaks kerfuffle that has blown up over the past week, the DFS industry will be hard-pressed to avoid regulation, which has long been a touchy subject in the DFS industry for several reasons.
We’ve been following the developing DraftKings / FanDuel insider trading controversy over recent days, but so much has already been said that we didn’t have much of value to add to the discussion.
Editors Note: AlphaDraft is CLOSED. The post below remains published for a historical archive. FanDuel sent out an e-mail today announcing its entry to daily fantasy eSports powered by AlphaDraft’s existing platform. Technically, FanDuel didn’t “launch” AlphaDraft since it has already been live and hosting contests for some time now. However, today’s e-mail represents the…
As I stated in my last column: “DFS is a game of skill and uses a sweepstakes format, so it’s not gambling. Daily Fantasy Sports is a game of skill and is therefore not gambling.” These are the arguments DFS advocates continually cite as they try to stay within the bounds of the Fantasy Sports…
Now that the baseball season is in full swing, it’s time to start looking ahead to the big season-end finales to be hosted by all the major fantasy sites. The 800-pound gorilla in the room is, of course, FanDuel.com. They recently revealed the details of the upcoming World Fantasy Baseball Championship (WFBC), and it’s going…
On June 4th, the New Jersey Department of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) issued a Director’s Advisory Bulletin advising online betting affiliates to stop promoting unlicensed offshore sites to players in the United States. People who currently promote illegal gambling sites have 150 days to fall in line and receive amnesty from any future legal action.
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