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Massachusetts Regulators Grapple With Company-Set Limits On Sports Betting
By Colin A. Young State House News Service
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AG Healey sets fantasy sports betting rules for Bay State
BOSTON (AP) — The attorney general of Massachusetts has finalized what she calls the most comprehensive rules in the nation for daily fantasy sports operators. The regulations issued Friday by Democrat Maura Healey are largely the same as those she proposed in November. They set a minimum age of 21 for
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Legislature urged to settle legality of fantasy sports betting
BOSTON — There is "some urgency" for the Legislature to weigh in on the legality and regulation of daily fantasy sports and online gaming, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission concluded in a white paper on the relatively-new form of sports wagering. "Right now, it appears to us that the
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The Year 2015 and the ‘Peril of Hope’
"It is right there Betwixt and between The orchard bare And the orchard green" — Robert Frost from "Peril of Hope" With an eerie prescience, the January 9 front page print edition of The Boston Globe captured perfectly the mixture of fear and anticipation associated with the
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DraftKings wins reprieve to stay in play in NY
NEW YORK (AP) — Daily fantasy sports giants DraftKings and FanDuel took a hit Friday in their fight to stay in business in New York, but a scramble to an appeals court kept DraftKings in play at least through the end of the NFL regular season. FanDuel, meanwhile, had already suspended
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Fantasy sports betting eyed by Gaming Commission
BOSTON – Daily fantasy sports companies DraftKings and FanDuel voiced support Thursday for Massachusetts' approach to regulating their controversial industry as states across the country weigh greater restrictions or outright bans on the games played for money. Speaking before the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, Zakary Cutler, director of product management for
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Healey outlines sports wagering regulations
BOSTON — Individuals under the age of 21 would be prohibited from playing the relatively new form of sports wagering known as daily fantasy sports, under regulations outlined Thursday morning by Attorney General Maura Healey. The regulations would also ban fantasy sports games in Massachusetts that are based on NCAA college
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DraftKings defies NY AG lawsuit to shut it down
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – Daily fantasy sports operator FanDuel said Tuesday it's temporarily suspending entry in paid contests for New York players, while the state attorney general sued to halt what he considers illegal gambling by both FanDuel and Boston-based DraftKings. FanDuel said the move follows its failed
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