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California Faces Major Legal Movements in Fantasy Sports
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Okay, so let's get to California here. No sports betting update in the state of California. Just
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to be clear, Daily Fantasy is now under a little scrutiny here. Sam, what's the latest?
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Yeah, we're expecting an opinion tomorrow from Attorney General Rob Bonta of California.
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And it's expected to clarify the law saying that Daily Fantasy sports contests are illegal in
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California. And that would be just have a huge impact on, you know, not just the fantasy sports
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industry, but sports betting as well. Fantasy sports has kind of been a murky area in a lot of
00:31
states for a long time. We've seen some states like Texas issue opinions, which haven't been
00:36
enforced. But by all accounts, it's believed that this opinion will be enforced. And underdog fantasy
00:42
in response is filing a lawsuit, actually just filed a lawsuit yesterday in Sacramento Superior Court,
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asking for a temporary restraining order that would prevent the Attorney General from issuing
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this opinion. It's a very unprecedented move. You know, we've seen underdog and other sorts of
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pickup companies or fantasy sports companies out there respond in states where they've been asked
01:03
to leave by simply leaving or changing the way that their games work, going from a player versus
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the house model to a player versus player model. We've seen, you know, in New York, they paid 17 and
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a half million dollars in fines and agreed to leave the state. Florida, they agreed to leave the state.
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But California, they're now, you know, they have legal action on the table. So what they're saying
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here is that this goes beyond kind of the Attorney General's duties, and it would be making a policy
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decision where one is not warranted. It's also saying that, you know, more than 10% of our business
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is in the state of California, which is no surprise, because again, California doesn't have sports
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betting. So it's a huge market for these fantasy sports companies, really crucial to their business.
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Now we'll have to see what happens when the opinion comes out tomorrow. But I wouldn't be surprised if
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other companies like prize picks get involved as well. They've been very vocal through their
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lobbying group saying that this should be left up to the citizens in the state, we should give them
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a vote whether or not they want fantasy sports to be legal. Now the background behind all of this is
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of course that sports betting is still illegal. The tribes pretty much hold the key to allowing that
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to happen. They have tremendous influence in the legislature. They actually just sent a letter to
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the legislature, which it's believed by many killed a bill that would have legalized fantasy sports.
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And reportedly, they're close to a deal with the fan duels and the draft kings of the world to create
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framework to allow legal sports betting in California. The sports betting companies are very much against
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the fantasy sports companies, they see them as offering a product that they're not allowed to do. So it's
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kind of the enemy of my enemy is my friend sort of thing here. Right. But, and we're seeing the, you know,
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the fantasy sports companies respond this way. So, you know, as we talked about a lot of stuff on this show,
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I imagine all gets worked out in the courts eventually, but very messy. We'll have to see
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what happens tomorrow when the opinion comes out. Just want to add a disclaimer that if you play
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fantasy football or any of those kinds of leagues with your buddies, those wouldn't be threatened
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under this kind of law. It's only for companies that have payment processors, effectively acting
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like, you know, a sports book operator or a fantasy sports operator.
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