Canadian Football League, DraftKings Forge Partnership

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For American sports fans, this time of year is the doldrums of the sports calendar. The professional hockey and basketball seasons just ended (college seasons ended a while ago), college football is two months away, and the NFL season is more than two months away. Right now, it’s just baseball, which is cool and all,… Read more »

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2016 Poker Hall of Fame Public Nomination Process Open

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The World Series of Poker has opened the public nomination process for the Poker Hall of Fame class of 2016. Fans can visit wsop.com to submit a nominee along with a brief explanation of why that player is deserving. After the nomination window closes, the nominees will be vetted and the top ten will be… Read more »

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Merge Gaming Restricts New U.S. Players

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Merge Gaming has stopped accepting new U.S. players, according to players and two site representatives.  The U.S. country option was removed from the new account form last week at Carbon Poker, PlayersOnly, Sportsbook.ag and SuperBook.  The decision affects the poker platform, casino games and sports betting products. The policy may not be a permanent one,… Read more »

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New York DFS Bill May Be on the Way

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New York has been the most hostile battleground in the daily fantasy sports (DFS) wars in the United States, but if recent reports hold true, it appears that there may at least be some positive momentum for DFS in the Empire State in the near future. According to LegalSportsReport.com (LSR), a new DFS legalization and… Read more »

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DFS Legalized in Mississippi

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Governor Phil Bryant signed SB 2541 Thursday, officially legalizing and regulating daily fantasy sports (DFS) in the state of Mississippi. Mississippi is the fourth state to approve of DFS this year, behind Indiana, Virginia, and neighboring Tennessee. The bill took a roundabout way to become a law. In March, the bill, called the “Fantasy Contest… Read more »

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Colorado DFS Bill Passes Legislature

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A bill that would legalize and regulate daily fantasy sports (DFS) in the state of Colorado has passed through both chambers of the state legislature and is now on to the desk of Governor John Hickenlooper for final approval. The bill, HB 16-1404, was introduced in the House of Representatives on March 24th and made… Read more »

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Idaho AG Declares DFS Illegal

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Daily fantasy sports (DFS) leaders DraftKings and FanDuel have withdrawn from another state, as Idaho’s Attorney General Lawrence Wasden declared DFS illegal. He is the 11th state Attorney General to decide that DFS constitutes illegal gambling. The two fantasy sites were to be gone from the state as of Sunday, May 1st. In a press… Read more »

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Europoker.com Bankruptcy Still a Tug-of-War

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These sorts of stories seem to play out way too often. Online poker room goes out of business, customers are left holding the bag. In the ongoing case of Europoker.com, though, the story is slightly different. Europoker’s ownership actually has the ability to pay out player deposits; it is the extra goodies that are at… Read more »

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GPL Week 2 Preview

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Week 2 of the 2016 Global Poker League begins today with another four six-handed Sit-and-Go’s on tap. As will be the case every week of the regular season, the Eurasia Conference will go first with tourneys at noon ET and 1:40pm ET, followed by the Americas Conference at 3:30pm ET and 5:10pm ET. The New… Read more »

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DraftKings, FanDuel to End College Sports DFS Contests

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This weekend marks the end of the college basketball season and with it, the end of college sports contests on daily fantasy sports (DFS) sites DraftKings and FanDuel. The two DFS leaders announced Thursday that after Monday’s championship game of the men’s NCAA basketball tournament, they will cease offering contests on college sports. Gambling on… Read more »

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Massachusetts AG Files DFS Regulations

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On Friday, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey filed her final regulations for the daily fantasy sports (DFS) industry in her state, making it the third state to implement DFS regulations. All three have happened very recently, with both of the others – Virginia and Indiana – passing their regulations this month. Healey initially proposed DFS… Read more »

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Amaya CEO David Baazov Charged With Insider Trading

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David Baazov, the president, CEO, and board chairman of Amaya Inc., the parent company of PokerStars, has charged by Quebec’s Autorité des marchés financiers (the “AMF”) with five securities fraud charges related to Amaya’s acquisition of PokerStars parent company, Rational Group, in June 2014. The AMF began its investigation in late 2014, an investigation which… Read more »

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Eighth Wave of U.S. Full Tilt Repayments Coming

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There are thousands of you out there in the interwebaverse who get tucked into bed every night, cozy and content in the knowledge the Full Tilt funds you once had frozen after Black Friday are now safe and sound in your bank account (until an international hacking syndicate takes down the U.S. banking system, resulting… Read more »

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Georgia AG’s Office Determines DFS is Illegal

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The Georgia Attorney General’s office has determined that daily fantasy sports (DFS) are illegal in the state, that according to a letter from Deputy Attorney General W. Wright Banks, Jr. to Georgia Lottery Corporation Senior Vice-President and General Counsel Joseph Kim on Friday. Kim had previously requested clarification of Georgia gambling law, asking if DFS… Read more »

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DraftKings Launches in United Kingdom

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On Friday, February 5th, sports fans in the United Kingdom joined those in the United States and Canada in having access to daily fantasy sports (DFS) leader DraftKings. DraftKings originally applied for a gambling license back in June 2015 and was awarded the license in August. At the time, the company said that it anticipated… Read more »

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L.A. Times Editorial Board Supports Legalizing Online Poker

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The Los Angeles Times is fully aboard the online gambling train, publishing an editorial Saturday in which the Times Editorial Board calls for the regulation and licensing of all internet gaming sites. Daily fantasy sports are the hot topic nowadays in the online gambling (or skill game, depending on your position) arena and several state… Read more »

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DFS Ruled Illegal in Texas

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a written opinion Tuesday, declaring daily fantasy sports (DFS) to be illegal under current state law. The two leading DFS sites, DraftKings and FanDuel, have both issued statements disagreeing with Paxton, but it does not appear that either intends on withdrawing from the state any time soon. It does… Read more »

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New York AG Going Even Harder After DraftKings, FanDuel

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It looks like New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has three-bet daily fantasy sports (DFS) leaders DraftKings and FanDuel and is putting their tournament lives at risk. Less than two months after filing numerous complaints against the two companies, including charges of illegal gambling and advertising fraud, the AG has amended the complaint in an… Read more »

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Illinois, DraftKings Face-Off Sped Up

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Last Wednesday, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan proclaimed that daily fantasy sports (DFS) are illegal under current state law and while she did not take immediate action against any sites, namely DFS industry leaders DraftKings and FanDuel, she did tell them that she expected them to leave the market posthaste. Both sites announced their intentions… Read more »

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