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Daily fantasy sports companies are engaged in illegal gambling under New York law, causing the same kinds of social and economic harms as other forms of illegal gambling, and misleading New York consumers...
Daily fantasy sports is neither victimless nor harmless, and it is clear that DraftKings and FanDuel are the
leaders of a massive, multi-billion-dollar scheme intended to evade the law and fleece
sports fans across the country.
Although legislation has already been introduced in the GOP - controlled Senate to legalize
daily fantasy sports games, the Senate's leadership has yet to take a formal position on it, said Scott Reif, a spokesman for Senate Majority
Leader John Flanagan.