[chuinard]

No, pretty sure fantasy sports is legal because people do it for fun / a bet amongst themselves. Maybe I'm wrong but I haven't seen any season-long fantasy sports sites (like Yahoo) offering millions of dollars in prizes in exchange for your wager.

[mikeyouse]

There was a specific exemption in the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act that allowed for "skill-based" fantasy sports.

See 1,e,ix (or ctrl+f "fantasy"):

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/5362

Fantasy betting is explicitly legal as long as it's skill-based, not dependent on a spread, and not dependent on a single game.

[chuinard]

And this isn't the same law the 1 days are using? Are you suggesting that DK and FD will end up doing season long paid sports and everyone will be OK with it?

[mikeyouse]

If they did season-long paid sports, everyone would have to be okay with it since they'd be explicitly legal.. ESPN / Yahoo / CBS all have leagues without issue. I don't think DK/FD can afford to do the season-long versions without significant layoffs and restructuring, they're set up like European gambling houses in terms of staffing and advertising, neither of which are as useful for season-long versions.