Hawaii’s attorney general issued a formal advisory opinion on Wednesday that said daily fantasy sports contests, such as those run by FanDuel and DraftKings, constitute illegal gambling under existing state laws.
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Daily fantasy sports games that charge players to compete cannot operate legally in Texas, the state’s attorney general said on Tuesday, making it the latest U.S. state to challenge the legality of such online contests.Online operators’ claims that they can “operate as an unregulated house” do not “square with existing Texas law,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement on his office’s website.
Paid fantasy sports games are illegal in Vermont, a top law enforcement official said on Friday, as the New England state’s legislature took up discussion of a bill that would exempt the popular games from the state’s anti-gambling laws.
Gov. Brian Sandoval wants the state’s Gaming Policy Committee to address daily fantasy sports, an activity that was effectively banned by gaming regulators last fall unless it was offered by licensed company.
Leading daily fantasy sports companies FanDuel and DraftKings will be allowed to keep operating in New York while they battle the state’s attorney general, who wants them shut down there, an appeals court confirmed on Monday.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Thursday filed an amended lawsuit against DraftKings and FanDuel asking the daily fantasy sports companies to give back all the money they made in New York State.