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Gambling or fun? Lawmakers may make call on fantasy sports

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As the NFL season kicks off, another big contest may be soon be played in the halls of the Florida Capitol. The growing fantasy sports industry, which is already subjecting television viewers to a barrage of wall-to-wall advertising with the new football season, is now setting its sights on getting the blessings of the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature. Two rival fantasy sports companies, FanDuel and DraftKings, have joined forces to hire one of Tallahassee’s most prominent lobbying firms led by a…

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Pam Bondi goes to Nevada

Drawing on lessons learned after a nightclub massacre last year in Orlando, Attorney General Pam Bondi and members of her

Gambling or not, daily fantasy sports faces scrutiny

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Think wagering $20 to win $1 million by picking a winning combination of NFL players for a fantasy team this Sunday is gambling? The league says it isn’t. So do fast-growing daily fantasy sports companies such as DraftKings and FanDuel that offer the games and advertise with the long gambling-adverse pro football organization. But as the lucrative NFL betting season ramps up and advertisements from DraftKings and FanDuel are as hard to miss as an extra point, Las Vegas casinos…

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Philadelphia Inquirer goes into the bookmaking business

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Can’t remember where I first saw this, but thanks to the Philadelphia Inquirer, now you can kind of bet on sports. Seems the Inquirer has hatched a brilliant solution to the problem of falling ad revenues and subscriptions โ€” allow sports gambling on your online newspaper site, according to Editor & Publisher. E&P itself could have used a couple of windfall jackpots last year when it was forced to stop publishing until it was partially saved by more traditional means.…

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