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(I'm a co-founder of a DFS site) DFS sites already exclude states where the games are not clearly legal (e.g. Arizona, Iowa, Louisiana, Montana or Washington,
by efsavage 11y ago
(I'm a co-founder of a DFS site)
DFS sites already exclude states where the games are not clearly legal (e.g. Arizona, Iowa, Louisiana, Montana or Washington, also Quebec) and have additional restrictions placed on some states (19+ in AL or NE). If a state were to pass a law or make a court judgement against it, we would simply cease operating there.
It's possible that some states will do this, although it seems that the sentiment is actually going the opposite direction, but there will be no prosecution. The industry is very proactive about monitoring legal issues.
- downandout 11y agoWhat you are saying is that games of skill are legal in most states. However, there is no guarantee that any or all states won't at least try to make the case that DFS is not a game of skill. Poker sites made the same "skill" argument, and it didn't work out for them. DFS players arguably have less control over outcomes than poker players do.
- efsavage 11y agoCorrect. Since there is no legal definition of "games of skill" yet, the industry and its' collective counsel, along with some court cases, have established a set of parameters by which there is a de facto standard for it. If a state wants to define the term, they are free to do so. My personal definition of the term is that a player must perform better than random chance (i.e. you cannot do better at roulette than a randomizer can), and also be able to win consistently, long term (i.e. you cannot beat multi-deck blackjack). We have players that have impressive winning records over thousands of contests. It's possible poker fits this definition and there are people trying to demonstrate it. I certainly know that I am not very good at it!