This week Inside Gaming shares the latest daily fantasy sports drama with New York’s Attorney General ordering the two largest DFS sites to leave the state and the sites responding with lawsuits. Also covered this week are the American Gaming Association’s latest efforts to combat illegal gambling of all varieties, including online.
New York AG Orders DFS Sites’ Shutdown in State, Sites Fire Back with Lawsuits
Ever since the start of this year’s National Football League season in September, the daily fantasy sports industry has been front-and-center in gaming-related headlines.
At first the stories were mostly positive and forward-looking, with attention drawn especially to the advertising blitz by DFS leaders DraftKings and FanDuel during the football season’s first weeks as well as speculation regarding possible IPOs and/or a merger between the two sites.