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Will Industry Regulation Curb Technological Innovation?

Whether or not lawmakers consider fantasy sports to be gambling will determine how products are designed in the future and the technological burden placed on operators to ensure compliance with newly-enacted laws.

2016 FSTA Board of Directors Nominees

Greg Ambrosius STATS LLC Director of Consumer Fantasy Games BIOGRAPHY I began my career in the fantasy sports industry in 1989 as the editor of Fantasy Baseball Magazine, the industry’s first national newsstand publication. I was the editor of that magazine for 22 years. I also was a Founding Member of the Fantasy Sports Players […]

Rhode Island Attorney General Says DFS Is Legal

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Kilmartin said he conducted a review of daily fantasy sports, which he found mix chance and skill, and are legal under state law. He also encouraged lawmakers to establish regulations.

New York’s Fantasy Fraud

New York’s Fantasy Fraud: Schneiderman Tries to Protect the State Gambling Monopoly The NFL season ended poorly for New York football fans, and state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is piling on with new fraud charges in his blitz against fantasy sports sites DraftKings and FanDuel. Daily fantasy sports have been operating legally in New York and most […]

California Bill Looks To Licensce and Regulate DFS

A bill introduced in California looks to require licensing and regulation for daily fantasy sports. The bill is technically not an introduction – rather, it’s a complete overhaul of an existing bill that was introduced in February 2015.

DraftKings Gets UK License & Set To Go Live Q4 2015

Daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings has received a UK gambling license and named former PartyPoker boss Jeffrey Haas to head its new UK operations. The company expects to launch in the UK sometime in Q4 2015.

College Football is Hot in Exploding Daily Fantasy Sports Market

What could make an Ohio State fan happier than an Ezekiel Elliott touchdown? Only an Elliott TD scored for that fan’s daily fantasy team, of course. Stewart Mandel FOX Sports August 4, 2015 On the final play of the 2014 BCS Championship Game, Auburn, down 34-31 to Florida State, attempted a desperate series of laterals. […]

4 Days to NYC: The Legal Issues in Fantasy Sports

So far, 2015 has been an important year for fantasy sports from a legal and legislative aspect, and the 2015 Fantasy Sports Trade association Summer Conference will provide attendees with an update of these issues.

8 Days to NYC: Stacie Stern on Bringing the NBA to Talk at the Summer Conference

Stacie Stern wears a number of hats within the Fantasy Sports Trade Association. As general manager of Head2Head Sports, she manages a growing fantasy sports business. As a member of the FSTA Board of Directors, she helps league the association’s direction in a time of tremendous growth in the industry. And as the chair of the 2015 Summer Conference Committee, she’s had a major role in shaping the conference on June 22-23 in New York City. In the second of a two part interview, Stern discusses what’s new at this year’s FSTA Summer Conference, and on the appearance of NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum at the conference.

12 Days to NYC: The Legal Issues in Fantasy Sports

So far, 2015 has been an important year for fantasy sports from a legal and legislative aspect, and the 2015 Fantasy Sports Trade association Summer Conference will provide attendees with an update of these issues.