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An anti-gambling reform group filed a lawsuit last week claiming that New York’s “Daily Fantasy Sports” law violates the NY State constitution by characterizing daily fantasy sports contests as games of skill, rather than games of chance. The suit was filed in New York Supreme Court in Albany County by
New York took one step forward – and possibly two steps back – as the New York State Senate overwhelmingly passed an online gambling and poker bill, but a key lawmaker in the New York State Assembly declared the effort to pass the bill “dead.” The New York State Senate
When two of the largest commercial fantasy sports gaming companies, FanDuel and DraftKings, were sued by the State of New York and subsequently agreed to voluntarily stop taking money from New York participants, the companies did so with the understanding that lawmakers in Albany would pass legislation on the issue
