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The Legality of Online Daily Fantasy
Sports Versus the Illegality of Online
Poker
John J. Chung*
INTRODUCTION
DraftKings is an online daily fantasy sports (DFS) website.I
* Professor, Roger Williams University School of Law; B.A., Washington
University (St. Louis); J.D., Harvard Law School.
1. According to its website:
DraftKings, Inc. is a leading skill-based DFS gaming destination for
fans in North America and the UK to compete in single-day online
games for cash and prizes across the largest variety of professional
sports. DraftKings is the exclusive DFS partner of Major League
Baseball, the National Hockey League, Major League Soccer,
NASCAR and Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Frequently Asked Questions: What is DraftKings?, DRAFTKINGS,
https://www.draftkings.com/help/faq [https://perma.cc/69KL-HNKX] (last vis-
ited Aug. 20, 2021). Many fantasy sports formats are based on season long
results. For example, many NFL fantasy leagues are comprised of teams
picked by players with the winner determined at the end of the season based
on the results over the entire season (much like actual league play). Daily
fantasy sports, by contrast, revolves around a single day's sporting events. See
DraftKings Form S-I Registration Statement 56, SEc. & ExcH. COMM'N (May 6,
2020), https://draftkings.gcs-web.com/static-files/40ca9f7a-af74-4669-
a55e-0712f41a4266 [https://perma.cc/2EH6-2NRJ].
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