It's more than them saying it takes "skill". The US Government blessed fantasy sports as a game of skill and specifically made it legal. The US Government didn

It's more than them saying it takes "skill". The US Government blessed fantasy sports as a game of skill and specifically made it legal. The US Government didn't feel the same way about poker and made that specifically illegal, despite it also being a game of skill. Actually, a lot of the seeds of daily fantasy sports came from poker. I'm pretty sure both FanDuel and DraftKings exec teams gave some roots in poker. The legislation that made poker illegal is what also kept fantasy sports legal, so it was near and dear to many avid poker players at the time. You could also easily argue that normal sports betting against handicappers is a game of skill. There are experienced bettors who are long-term winners and it makes sense that if you can accurately find inaccurate lines with the right odds that you could be a long-term winner. I personally don't find anything wrong with daily fantasy sports, but do have a problem that they were given a blessing by the government that other skills games weren't.