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Raise awareness about legal risks connected to involvement with daily fantasy sports sites
Author(s) -
O'Brien Timothy
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
college athletics and the law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-7579
pISSN - 1552-8774
DOI - 10.1002/catl.30152
Subject(s) - fantasy , advertising , law enforcement , psychology , event (particle physics) , the internet , internet privacy , enforcement , business , political science , law , computer science , art , world wide web , literature , physics , quantum mechanics
You almost cannot watch a sports event on TV anymore without seeing repeated advertisements for DraftKings and FanDuel. The big question, of course, is how can these sites get away with what appears to be unlawful online gambling. The answer is that the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, 31 U.S.C. § 5361, et seq., has an exception for fantasy games that are based on a player's knowledge and skill rather than pure chance, among other things.