Skill or Chance? Courts Divided on Fantasy

Skill or Chance fantasy sports

DALLAS – DEC 14: Cowboys Quarterback Tony Romo waits for the snap from the center.

Hours after a New York lower court ordered the continent’s two largest fantasy sports operators to shut down last Friday, an appeals court stayed the decision, allowing DraftKings and FanDuel to keep taking bets in their most lucrative market.

Neither the emergency appeal by DraftKings, which argued even a temporary shutdown would do “irreparable harm,” nor…

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Rich Nilsen is a 20-time qualifier to the National Horseplayers Championship (NHC), an event he has cashed in 5 times. He was the first player to finish in the top 10 of the NHC twice. A former executive with Brisnet.com and member of the NHC Players’ Committee, Rich is a graduate of the UofL Equine Business Program and is founder of AGameofSkill.com, a site devoted to horse racing education and promotion. He was elected into the NHC Hall of Fame in 2025.

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