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The 2016 legislative session is coming to an end, and thus far, six states have adopted daily fantasy sports laws.
Six states — Colorado, Missouri, Mississippi, Tennessee, Indiana and Virginia — enacted laws legalizing and regulating games offered by Boston’s DraftKings, New York’s FanDuel and dozens of other smaller operators. They join Kansas, which passed a law legalizing the games last year.
But 21 other legislatures, including Arizona, Florida, Maryland and Washington, declined to take action this year before adjourning.
And six more are still in session and could enact regulations, including key, high population states like California, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
New York’s daily fantasy sports bill is still waiting on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s signature. An editorial published by the Poughkeepsie Journal editorial said he should stop stalling.
With the National Football League season slated to start in early September, the governor would be wise to give the bill his blessing fast. The approximate 600,000 state residents who frequent the two fantasy sports mega-sites have waited long enough for this matter to get settled. And the state stands to pick up some much-needed revenue in the process.
A Legal Sports Report article highlighted comments made last week by an NFL lawyer suggesting there was a strong contingent within the league focused on legal sports betting.
“And there’s a strong contingent in the league that is focusing on [legalized sports betting], but it is not unanimous. It is not all a rush to legalization.”
Gardiner’s words were a bit of an eye-opener to those that observe the leagues and their statements on gambling, which are generally few and far between.
Brazil’s interim president Michel Terner is making a push to legalize sports betting to help overcome his country’s recent economic collapse — but it won’t come in time for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
“Without getting into the ethical and moral discussion, we come to the conclusion that gambling exists, always have existed, and will always exist,” Federal Senator Ciro Nogueira said. The senator’s comments were reported by plus55, a Brazilian-focused online media outlet.
Nogueira supports the ending of gambling prohibition as he believes the tax resources would be beneficial to his region and the country as a whole.
Henrik Stenson, who won the British Open over the weekend opens at 20-to-1 to win his second major at the PGA Championship.
PGA Championship
J Day 8/1
R McIlroy 8/1
D Johnson 8/1
J Spieth 10/1
H Stenson 20/1
P Mickelson 25/1
A Scott 25/1
J Rose 25/1
R Fowler 25/1— Jeff Sherman (@golfodds) July 17, 2016