FanDuel and DraftKings prepare for court battle in New York

Published November 11, 2015 This content is archived.

An article in The New York Times about Attorney General Eric Schneiderman classifying daily fantasy sports as illegal gambling under New York State law quotes Nellie Drew, a UB sports law professor, who said the attorney general’s ruling should give pause to the profession sports leagues, which are investors at FanDuel and DraftKings. “This puts them in a very difficult position,” she said. “Do you go on record as supporting daily fantasy sports, which the attorney general’s office says is gambling?”

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/12/sports/fanduel-and-draftkings-prepare-for-court-fight-in-new-york.html?_r=1