
- Daily fantasy sports may not be gambling legally, but its participants tend to exhibit problem gambling behavior, more so than traditional gamblers. Sports Betting US Sports Betting Revenue.
- Daily Fantasy Sports Players: Gambling, Addiction, and Mental Health Problems. Studies point to a relationship between fantasy sports/daily fantasy sports (DFS) play and gambling behavior. However, little is known about the nature of those relationships, particularly regarding the development of gambling problems.


An appeals court struck down a 2016 law that said daily fantasy contests were not gambling
Exempt by the UIGEA from the general restrictions on online gambling, fantasy sports are accepted at a federal level as a game of skill. For this reason, fantasy sports are legal in the vast majority of states.
A New York appellate court on Thursday held that daily fantasy sports contests like those operated by FanDuel and DraftKings amount to illegal gambling under state law.
The appellate court upheld a lower-court ruling that the 2016 law authorizing daily fantasy sports contests violated the state's constitution by improperly expanding gambling in the state.
It also struck down a provision of the law that held daily fantasy contests were not considered to be gambling.
'(We) have rejected the Legislature's explicitly stated basis for the removal of IFS from the Penal Law definition of gambling,' Justice Robert Mulvey wrote for the majority, using an acronym for fantasy contests. 'Moreover, as part of the same legislation that decriminalized IFS, the Legislature clearly intended that IFS contests be heavily regulated.'
It was not clear whether the ruling would have an immediate effect on the daily fantasy businesses, though FanDuel said it likely would not.
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'We expect that there will be an appeal and we'll be able to continue to offer contests while that appeal is decided,' the company said in a statement.
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DraftKings also defended its business in a statement.
“We believe the legislative action authorizing fantasy sports in New York was constitutional and in the best interests of taxpayers and fantasy sports fans,' the company said.
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WNBC's parent company Comcast Corp. was a past investor in FanDuel.

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