{"id":34053,"date":"2016-02-25T13:00:47","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T21:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=34053"},"modified":"2016-02-25T13:01:30","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T21:01:30","slug":"draftkings-appeals-new-york-ag-lawsuit-filing-says-empire-state-must-ban-spelling-bees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/draftkings-appeals-new-york-ag-lawsuit-filing-says-empire-state-must-ban-spelling-bees\/","title":{"rendered":"DraftKings Appeals New York AG Lawsuit, Filing Says Empire State Must Ban Spelling Bees"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New York AG Eric Schneiderman, who has been accused by DraftKings of making mistakes in his lawsuit against DFS sites. (Image: pokerhomegames.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

DraftKings has launched its appeal against the New York State preliminary injunction that seeks to ban daily fantasy sports (DFS) and put an end to its operations in the Empire State.<\/p>\n

The DFS operator\u2019s 67-page filing pulls no punches, accusing New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman<\/a> of legal misapprehensions that \u201cdid not come close to carrying the burden\u201d of proof that DFS is not a game of skill.<\/p>\n

It further accuses the court of \u201cabusing its discretion\u201d in siding with Schneiderman.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe court applied the wrong legal standard, and ignored the undisputed evidence, in finding that daily fantasy sports contests are games of chance,\u201d the company argued in its filing.<\/p>\n

Is An Entry Fee a Wager?\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

In December, Justice Manuel Mendez\u00a0granted the AG\u2019s injunction, ordering DraftKings and FanDuel to cease operations in New York State, its second-biggest market after California.<\/p>\n

DraftKings immediately filed an expedited motion to stay the court\u2019s decision pending the outcome of its appeal. This was upheld by a Court of Appeals judge that same afternoon, permitting the companies to continue business temporarily in New York until the case is resolved.<\/p>\n

In his December ruling, Mendez had been required to determine whether DFS was a game of skill or of chance, and more specifically, whether setting a line-up was a skill-based process with an \u201centry fee,\u201d or an out-and-out \u201cwager.\u201d He decided it was the latter.<\/p>\n

“New York State penal law does not refer to ‘wagering’ or ‘betting,’ rather it states that a person, ‘risks something of value,'” he said. “The payment of an ‘entry fee’ as high as $10,600 on one or more contests daily could certainly be deemed risking ‘something of value.’ \u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dog Shows and Bass Fishing<\/b><\/h2>\n

DraftKings\u2019 appeal filing claims that if this were the case, then \u201cdog shows and spelling bees, yachting tournaments and bass fishing\u201d should be \u201ccriminalized\u201d under Judge Mendez\u2019s ruling. Each of these are events requiring entry fees whose outcome is susceptible to an element of chance, argues the DraftKings<\/a> filing.<\/p>\n

“Daily fantasy sports are skill-based games that are, and should be, legal,” DraftKings\u2019 attorney David Boies said in a statement. “DraftKings contests are no less legal than season-long fantasy sports, which the Attorney General has repeatedly conceded are legal.”<\/p>\n

In January, Schneiderman amended his lawsuit against DraftKings and FanDuel to seek the return of all the buy-ins paid by New York residents paid to both companies throughout 2015, plus a $5,000 fine per head.<\/p>\n

With 600,000 DFS customers in the state, this would constitute hundreds of millions of dollars in buy-ins, plus around $3 billion in fines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DraftKings has launched its appeal against the New York State preliminary injunction that seeks to ban daily fantasy sports (DFS) and put an end to its operations in the Empire State. The DFS operator\u2019s 67-page filing pulls no punches, accusing New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman of legal misapprehensions that \u201cdid not come close to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":34055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,16],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDraftKings Appeals New York AG Lawsuit, Filing Says Empire State Must Ban Spelling Bees<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"DraftKings has comes out fighting against a New York anti-DFS lawsuit.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DraftKings Appeals New York AG Lawsuit, Filing Says Empire State Must Ban Spelling Bees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"DraftKings has comes out fighting against a New York anti-DFS lawsuit.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/draftkings-appeals-new-york-ag-lawsuit-filing-says-empire-state-must-ban-spelling-bees\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-02-25T21:00:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-02-25T21:01:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/eric-schneiderman-daily-fantasy-sports.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Casino.org Staff Writer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Casino.org Staff Writer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/draftkings-appeals-new-york-ag-lawsuit-filing-says-empire-state-must-ban-spelling-bees\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/draftkings-appeals-new-york-ag-lawsuit-filing-says-empire-state-must-ban-spelling-bees\/\",\"name\":\"DraftKings Appeals New York AG Lawsuit, Filing Says Empire State Must Ban Spelling Bees\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/draftkings-appeals-new-york-ag-lawsuit-filing-says-empire-state-must-ban-spelling-bees\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/draftkings-appeals-new-york-ag-lawsuit-filing-says-empire-state-must-ban-spelling-bees\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/eric-schneiderman-daily-fantasy-sports.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-02-25T21:00:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-02-25T21:01:30+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8c48bf89dc86da77b4d856c7b3b78d77\"},\"description\":\"DraftKings has comes out fighting against a New York anti-DFS lawsuit.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/draftkings-appeals-new-york-ag-lawsuit-filing-says-empire-state-must-ban-spelling-bees\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/draftkings-appeals-new-york-ag-lawsuit-filing-says-empire-state-must-ban-spelling-bees\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/draftkings-appeals-new-york-ag-lawsuit-filing-says-empire-state-must-ban-spelling-bees\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/eric-schneiderman-daily-fantasy-sports.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/eric-schneiderman-daily-fantasy-sports.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"New York AG Eric Schneiderman, who has been accused by DraftKings of making mistakes in his lawsuit against DFS sites. 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