Daily Fantasy Sports Bill Reaches New York Governor Cuomo’s Desk 4m3d5k

declare daily fantasy sports as a game of skill and legalize the activity.

This week, it was announced that the most recent session saw the bill in state legislature and the measure is now sitting on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s desk waiting for his signature. Cuomo has ten days to decide what he wants to do. If Cuomo decides to do nothing, the bill will become law automatically.

Cuomo has not been vocal about what he plans on doing but there seems to be no concern as to if the bill will be ed into law. Legislators believe that Cuomo understands the that daily fantasy sports contests have within the public as well as legislature of New York.

On Tuesday, Democrat Tim Kennedy was quoted at WBFO.org, stating that DFS contests are being legalized across the nation and New York State should be in line with the rest of the US. Kennedy pointed out that no one should have to sit back and watch individuals in other states in the US compete and play an activity like DFS and not be able to do so in New York.

DFS operators have been working to stay within the confines of the law, with FanDuel even preparing for when legalization of the activity will be provided. In June, the company came to a tentative agreement with Western Regional Off-Track Betting to host daily fantasy sports games in locations of OTB across the state. Such an agreement will boost the economy for the state and shows that there is great interest for the activity.