{"id":5024,"date":"2023-08-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/america\/fanduel-against-fantasy-sports-a-new-chapter-in-the-battle-who-will-win\/"},"modified":"2023-08-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T00:00:00","slug":"fanduel-against-fantasy-sports-a-new-chapter-in-the-battle-who-will-win","status":"publish","type":"america","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/america\/fanduel-against-fantasy-sports-a-new-chapter-in-the-battle-who-will-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Fanduel against fantasy sports, a new chapter in the battle. Who will win?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">This week, the <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\"><em>Wall Street Journal <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">published an article outlining the <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\"><strong>PrizePicks<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\"> strategy to target users, including in non-legal US sports betting states. The piece comes on the heels of a pointed comment about some daily fantasy sports operators from <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\"><strong>FanDuel<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\"> Head of State Government Relations <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\"><strong>Cesar Fernandez<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\"> at the<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\"><strong> National Council of Legislators from Gaming States<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\"> summer conference in <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\"><strong>Denver<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\"> this month.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">Fernandez is a familiar face in the government relations world, especially at its intersection with the tech sector. The 2015 &ldquo;<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">30-under-30 rising stars<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">&rdquo; honoree has a resume that includes four years on Uber&rsquo;s in-house lobbying team. At Uber, Fernandez was instrumental in the passage of the landmark <\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">statewide ridesharing regulation bill<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\"> during the 2017 Legislative Session.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\"><em>There are companies today posing as fantasy-sports operators, and they are running illegal sportsbooks,&rdquo;<\/em><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\"> Fernandez said at NCLGS.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:x-large\">The scrutiny around <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:x-large\"><strong>daily fantasy sports<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:x-large\"> companies offering sports betting-like products continues to grow in the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:x-large\"><strong>US<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:x-large\"> as media outlets and major sportsbook operators focus in.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/assets\/international\/fanduel-against-fantasy-sports-a-new-chapter-in-the-battle-who-will-win2.jpg\" style=\"width:100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\"><strong>DFS offering sports betting products?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">Some DFS operators offer users parlay-style prop bets, allowing them to pick over-under on stats for specific athletes. Representatives from multiple operators at the NCLGS conference told <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\"><em>LSR<\/em><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\"> the games fall under the DFS laws of game-of-skill rather than the gambling definition of chance.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">While many regulators have allowed DFS operators to keep offering the products, some have clamped down. PrizePicks stopped offering its products <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">in Maryland and West Virginia after regulators broached the topic with<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\"> the company.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">In the other hand Coalition respond: we are skill, not chance<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">The statement continues by referencing the age-old argument about skill and chance in DFS:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\"><em>Regulators across the country have verified our games as contests of skill, not chance, making them legally identical to fantasy games that have been offered for nearly a decade. We respect the views of regulators, including regulators in multiple states who have expressly approved our games as fantasy contests under their fantasy sports statutes. We likewise respect the views of regulators in the small number of jurisdictions who have taken a different view based on issues specific to those states.&rdquo;<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/assets\/international\/fanduel-against-fantasy-sports-a-new-chapter-in-the-battle-who-will-win3.jpg\" style=\"width:100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">The situation reminds Underdog Vice President of Government Affairs and Partnerships <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\"><strong>Stacie Stern <\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">of the early days of daily fantasy sports when she was at FanDuel. There, she dealt with the &ldquo;razzing&rdquo; of season-long fantasy operators saying it was sports betting in disguise.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">Now will see how the soap opera continues &hellip;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The scrutiny around daily fantasy sports companies offering sports betting-like products continues to grow in the US as media outlets and major sportsbook operators focus in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5025,"menu_order":310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[2229,2228,2230,2231],"class_list":["post-5024","america","type-america","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","tag-dfs","tag-fan-duel","tag-fernandez","tag-prizepicks","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fanduel against fantasy sports, a new chapter in the battle. 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