{"id":32817,"date":"2020-02-12T21:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T22:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=32817"},"modified":"2020-02-13T14:15:08","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T14:15:08","slug":"new-york-dfs-ruling-undercuts-legal-justification-in-online-poker-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/new-york-dfs-ruling-undercuts-legal-justification-in-online-poker-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"New York DFS Ruling Undercuts Legal Justification in Online Poker Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/empire-state-building-new-york-2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>An appellate court decision that declares an element of skill is insufficient to legalize DFS raises questions over the constitutionality of legalizing internet poker.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A 2016 law that authorized Daily Fantasy Sports (<span class=\"caps\">DFS<\/span>) in New York was deemed unconstitutional in 2018 and that decision was upheld last week by a state appellate court.<\/p>\n<p>The law identified <span class=\"caps\">DFS<\/span> contests as \u201ca games of skill\u201d and not a game of chance in order to get around a restriction in the state constitution that prohibits the expansion of most types of gambling. But the courts have ruled that just because a game involves skill does not mean it is not gambling.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pokerfuse.com\/news\/law-and-regulation\/211206-new-york-dfs-ruling-undercuts-legal-justification-online\/\">Read the full article on pokerfuse \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/pokerfuse\/~4\/JGhJmkrsVQU\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An appellate court decision that declares an element of skill is insufficient to legalize DFS 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