This 'Draftkings is illegal' stuff...you guys think it will bleed over to Predictit.org etc?

[LettuceSea]

Hopefully not! I wonder who's been bitching about these sites...people who lose money or B&M gaming institutions/other corporate interests?

[link:http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/23/news/companies/fanduel-draftkings-daily-fantasy-sports-illinois/|

[MH1]

1. I had gotten thoroughly annoyed with their ads.

THOROUGHLY.

It is clearly gambling, and to pretend otherwise is bullshit. BUT then the discussion comes around to how you feel about gambling and whether it should be legal or illegal, more regulated or less regulated.

I personally am against gambling, and also am against exploitation of the powerless by the powerful, but at the same time am fine with low stakes gambling by people who can do that without problems. But getting to good policy from those principles is not easy.

[LettuceSea]

3. Re: good policy: I imagine corporate interests/gambling monopolies get in the way

I have NEVER understood why Las Vegas has a US monopoly over sports betting, other than lobbyists and corporations pulling the strings and protecting that advantage. And I still don't understand why it's that important to hold onto...what is a Vegas sportsbook's ROI compared to slots, table games etc? People don't get comps for big sports bets...

You do make a point I agree with...call it what it is...GAMBLING.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

4. John Steinbeck on Draftkings and Fanduel

[lame54]

5. As the song says...

I don't like the unions brother - all they do is bitch
and I'm thinking why would I join one when someday I'll be rich
I'll sit and sippin' ice tea on the porch
and smoke the national pipe dream of fortune and fame

yeah I thought it about all weekend
the unions are to blame