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Fantasy Sports Said to Attract F.B.I. Scrutiny
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has begun an inquiry into the practices of booming daily fantasy sports websites after players of the games and lawmakers made allegations of predatory tactics and questioned the use of insider information, according to fantasy players who said they had been contacted by investigators. The F.B.I. began contacting several prominent competitors in the contests, the players said, shortly after an employee of DraftKings...
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I'm not entirely surprised that these people were taking the information from where they worked and using it elsewhere. This is the reason that if you work at a casino you can't gamble in some of them. Some of them just restrict what departments you can gamble in.
I am extremely surprised that these groups haven't yet caused a DOJ investigation into gambling services yet. Nevada has found them guilty of being gambling and told them they can't operate in the state. I imagine more casino states will be making the same decision soon. I'm also fairly certain online gambling is completely banned in the US, but I could be wrong.