DFS<\/a> between former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, the latter not qualifying for the main debate, Schneiderman’s ruling will certainly have national consequences.<\/p>\nChristie, who said in October at Bush, “Enough on fantasy football. Let people play, who cares,” announced this week his state wouldn’t weigh-in on DFS until New Jersey’s lawsuit regarding its wishes to legalize sports betting reaches a verdict sometime in 2016.<\/p>\n
New York is the second state to openly ban DFS in 2015, and several others are currently deliberating the issue.<\/p>\n
The Empire State moving to outlaw DraftKings and FanDuel could prompt others to join in on prohibiting the controversial market. It could also force major sports leagues with direct ties to the leading DFS platforms to reconsider their positions.<\/p>\n
Writing in the comments section on ESPN, Austin Weber perhaps said it best: “They should make the commercials illegal too.”<\/p>\n
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Daily fantasy sports (DFS) is no longer legal in New York following an investigation by the state’s lead legal attorney, market leaders DraftKings and FanDuel both receiving cease-and-desist letters on Tuesday. “Our investigation has found that, unlike traditional fantasy sports, daily fantasy sports companies are engaged in illegal gambling,” New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":32630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,13,16],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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