Daily fantasy football draws gambling parallels
Chances are, many commercials on TV are for fantasy football. Whether it be DraftKings, a site similar to FanDuel, where choosing the perfect one week lineup (referred to as daily fantasy football) awards grand prizes of cash. The craze over daily fantasy football isn’t going to decline, as the NFL season is getting into full swing.
But many states have taking measures to ban daily fantasy football due it being seen as gambling. Nevada, a state that is seen as a gambling state, banned DraftKings. Those who fail to comply could face a fine and 10 years in prison. Major daily fantasy operators already have avoided Montana, Louisiana, Arizona, Washington, and Iowa. Florida even experienced Yahoo pulling the plug on daily fantasy.
The National Football League is also taking measures and reaching out to the U.S. Congress on defining the line between gambling and daily fantasy football. This is due to Congress laying the foundation for daily fantasy football.
There is a lot of controversy of whether daily fantasy is gambling or not. Nevada and Florida seem to think so, while other states are left to decide if harsh punishment for these type of sites is needed.
Bottom line is, daily fantasy football isn’t gambling. Gambling means there is an amount of luck involved. Daily fantasy isn’t luck. It’s skill. There is an amount of skill required order to choose correctly the 10 players in a lineup for the Sunday you are playing in. If I play one player over another, that means I know what I’m doing; and that’s skill, not chance. Because gambling is luck, daily sports isn’t gambling.
It should be the state’s responsibility to make sure daily fantasy isn’t banned, to help it be in business as well as bringing entertainment to many users nationwide.