Georgia lottery officials question legality of fantasy sports companies

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DELotteryPlyr — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 22:41:06 GMT

Interesting point. This will be interesting to see what happens as state after state goes after fantasy sports.

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Luckjax — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 20:32:32 GMT

Fantasy sports is way easier to win and crazy better odds the Lotto just wants there money there the scam. I would love to look into the Lottery. Daily Fantasy is harmless its sad how we have so many things wrong in this country and when it comes to the States Casinos and Lottery things get done right away. Wow what a surprise God help us if the Lottery going to have to gave out more money to stay competitive.

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RedStang — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 18:31:42 GMT

We had a U.S District Judge decide Poker was a game a skill and could go on in NY. They will use this in their case and Georgia won't be able to stop it.

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pick4master — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 01:08:39 GMT

Of course the lottery officials are questioning them!! It is taking away from their greedy hands. I absolutely love fantasy sports and the odds of winning money is wayyyyyyyyyyyy better. I have won more playing fantasy than lottery, so much easier.

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canyon — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 18:03:38 GMT

Georgia lottery doesn't seem to care about their customers according to their customer's facebook posts. Georgia lottery has a lot of issues according to posts on facebook: from customer's not getting a response, winning tickets scanning as not winners, their new location verification software telling some Georgia residents they can't verify their Georgia location, etc.... It would seem like Georgia lottery would try to take care of some if not all of their customers' concerns/issues while tackl... [ More ]

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music* — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 14:27:26 GMT

State by State laws prevail. Will the Feds get involved?

There have been hints of cheating by FanDuel and DraftKings employees.

Georgia lottery officials question legality of fantasy sports companies

Lottery Post — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:42:47 GMT

Georgia Lottery officials are questioning whether the daily fantasy sports industry can legally operate in the state, according to a letter sent last month to CEOs of DraftKings and FanDuel.

Georgia Lottery General Counsel Joseph Kim said in the Sept. 23 letter that the companies appear to violate the Georgia Constitution, which generally bans gambling except for state lottery-run games.

Kim said Monday that neither company responded by the Friday deadline given in his letter. He said lott... [ More ]