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Originally Posted by TomG
Don't be naive.
When fantasy sports were exempted in the UIGEA, the concept of a daily game did not yet exist. Thus at the time it was assumed that fantasy sports equal seasonal leagues. The daily game was invented as a clever way to capitalize on the fact that time frame is never mentioned in the definition of fantasy sports. Had the daily game existed at the time, it is very questionable whether it would have been likewise exempted.
Eventually stories will come out about people addicted to DFS and having their lives ruined because of it and the anti-gambling groups will get involved.
You are still making a lot of assumptions, assumptions about politicians thought processes. Do you know what the politicians were thinking giving the exemption in UIGEA to parimutuel wagering?
Parimutuel wagering (horse, harness, greyhound, etc) was also exempted in UIGEA. You can find some online horse racing data here:
Oregon.gov Hub Handles as the licences are held in Oregon for most of the larger sites. And as you can see, legal US online horse betting is 4x the size of Daily Fantasy.
There are all sorts of reasons exemptions get into laws, don't be naive.