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DraftKings, FanDuel pull out of Nevada, circulate petition

In this Sept. 29, 2015 file photo, Jason Robins, center, CEO of DraftKings website, speaks on a panel at the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas.

Associated Press

KIMBERLY PIERCEALL watched by other states of insider betting and of ground investigation by said Nevada’s decision
Associated Press and lawmakers weighing young people gambling state agents into the com- provided more evidence
LAS VEGAS (AP) — DraftK- whether the sites constitute thousands of dollars a day panies and their leaders. of the need for oversight.
ings and FanDuel took a gambling or not based on with these unregulated DraftKings said in its email “Even church fundraisers
cue from another promi- their own laws. companies,” said longtime to customers it would work for bingo night have some
nent tech company In less than two weeks, the Nevada Sen. Harry Reid in to ensure Nevada resi- oversight. With the amount
spurned by Nevada that two high-profile companies a statement Friday. Reid, dents could play on the site of money we’ve seen and
was eventually welcomed in the ever-growing indus- a former state Gaming again soon without saying the amount of participa-
back: get an angry public try had gone from being Control Board chairman how they would do so. tion we’ve seen in Califor-
to petition lawmakers and a seemingly unstoppable, himself, said “Unless more The sites will likely be mak- nia and across the country,
make it legal. untouchable force to fac- states follow, we are go- ing their case for legaliza- we’ve got to have some
Like the ride-hailing app ing intense scrutiny of their ing to see more corruption tion across the country, if regulation,” he said in a
Uber before it, the two business practices and le- and families torn apart be- they haven’t already, as telephone interview.
titans of the daily fanta- gality from investigators, cause of unregulated, ille- lawmakers and regulators A Pennsylvania lawmaker
sy sports industry sent links lawmakers, regulators and gal gambling.” pour over their own gam- that had originally pro-
to an online petition to Ne- even their own players after Neither DraftKings or Fan- bling laws and wonder posed legalizing the sites
vada customers Friday. it was revealed employees Duel have said if they’ll pur- where sites like DraftKings now wants to ban daily
The move comes a day af- often played on compet- sue a license in Nevada, and FanDuel fit in. fantasysports unless their
ter state regulators ordered ing sites, raising questions a process that costs $500 California Assemblyman operated by the 12 casinos
them out of the state un- about possible insider infor- up front as well as hourly Adam Gray, D-Merced, in the state.
less they get a gambling mation being used to win. costs and travel expenses who introduced a bill to le-
license — a decision being “We have seen reports to cover the intense back- galize fantasy sports there, Continued on Next Page