Sentences with phrase «daily fantasy sports sites»

Popular daily fantasy sports sites still face uncertainty in New York even after state lawmakers passed legislation designed to regulate them.

A quintet of lawyers for daily fantasy sports sites spent more than three hours today insisting their operations in New York are legal, and answering questions from legislators who are considering laws that would clarify their legality.

ALBANY — The two largest daily fantasy sports sites remain in limbo after their bid for a protective order against Attorney General Eric Schneiderman failed in court late Monday.

Fantasy Football Fans Attempted To Sack NY Attorney General Schneiderman Earlier today, 200 supporters of daily fantasy sports sites FanDuel and DraftKings gathered outside New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman's New York City office at 120 Broadway to protest -LSB-...]

DraftKings, the controversial daily fantasy sports site, has raised $ 153 million in new funding, Fortune has learned.

With the Legislature considering bills to legalize online daily fantasy sports sites like FanDuel and DraftKings, some lawmakers and advocates say any revenue for the state should go toward education, as has been traditional for gambling - generated cash in New York.

DraftKings Inc. and FanDuel Inc. can keep operating in New York while an appeals court decides whether to shut down the two biggest daily fantasy sports sites as they fight the attorney general's claim that they're illegal gambling operations.

ALBANY — Daily fantasy sports sites DraftKings and FanDuel may get a lifeline from state lawmakers if they lose their legal battle with Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

At the Reporters Roundtable, we talk with Jon Campbell of Gannett and Rick Karlin of the Times Union about legislation regarding daily fantasy sports sites, lack of an end - of - session press conference, the Congressional primary, and investigations into the Buffalo Billion and SUNY Poly.

New York residents are once again free to wager on sporting events using two of the most popular daily fantasy sports sites, DraftKings and FanDuel

The two largest daily fantasy sports sites — FanDuel and DraftKings — remain in limbo after their bid for a protective order against AG Eric Schneiderman failed in court late yesterday.

The new legislation is in direct opposition with the opinion of New York's Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, who briefly won his fight to shut down daily fantasy sports sites, including DraftKings and FanDuel, earlier this year.

Daily fantasy sports sites will now be overseen by the state's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Service, reported the Verge.

ALBANY — Two daily fantasy sports sites — DraftKings and FanDuel — filed petitions Friday asking a state judge in Manhattan to rein in Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's push to shut down their operations.

At a time when state taxes from traditional gambling like lotteries and casinos are flat or declining, a majority of states are now seeking to regulate — and possibly raise revenue from — daily fantasy sports sites.

New York, NY — Justice Manuel Mendez's Friday ruling stopping DraftKings and FanDuel from doing business in the state was appealed to the Appellate Court's First Department, which issued an emergency stay allowing the daily fantasy sports sites to -LSB-...]

ALBANY — Daily fantasy sports site are preparing for a legislative push, retaining some of New York's most prominent lobbyists in the wake of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's determination that the companies were facilitating illegal gambling.