05/18/16 New bill on DFS to be introduced in NY Assembly member Gary Pretlow will introduce a bill regulating Daily Fantasy Sports in New York in the next few days.
05/11/16 DraftKings and FanDuel to bail on DFS hearing The US Congress will hold its first hearing into daily fantasy sports today, but the two largest companies in the growing sector decided not to attend.
04/15/16 United States will examine DFS at federal level The Congressional Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade set the date of the hearing.
04/06/16 Alabama AG orders DraftKings and FanDuel to stop operations Alabama Attorney General, Luther Strange, sent a cease and desist letter to FanDuel and DraftKings urging them to stop their operations in the Southern state.
04/01/16 Daily Fantasy Sports to stop featuring university sports The voluntary decision is part of an agreement between the operators and the the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
03/22/16 Daily Fantasy Sports shutted down in New York FanDuel and DraftKings accepted a settlement to quit doing business in New York as they wait for a resolution via new legislation on DFS.
03/09/16 Virginia state legalises DFS It only requires Terry McAuliffe’s, Virginia’s Governor, signature to be completely established.
03/04/16 Mississippi Senate passed the DFS bill The principal author of the legal project, Senate Judiciary A Chairman Sean Tindell, deems Daily Fantasy Sports as portfolio of skill games.
03/01/16 Georgia state may refuse to sports betting Recently, Hawaii, Mississippi, Texas, Illinois and other states have banned online sports betting services.
02/18/16 New DFS bill passed Indiana Senate If the House Public Policy Committee approves the new legislation next week, it would move to the full House.
02/11/16 Fanduel cuts payroll in Florida The Daily Fantasy Sports operator is laying off 55 employees, who were working at its Maitland office.
02/03/16 Daily Fantasy Sports operators cease operations in Hawaii Honolulu City Prosecutor issued a cease and desist order against DraftKings and FanDuel after Hawaii’s AG stated that DFS operations were illegal in the state.
02/01/16 Daily Fantasy Sports also deemed illegal in Mississippi Mississipi’s AG joins his peers in New York, Nevada, Texas, Vermont and Illinois, who also declared DFS illegal under their states’ law.
01/22/16 Daily Fantasy Sports operators fight back The DFS sector has been under fire lately, so it decided to change its strategy entirely.
01/21/16 Layoffs rumours surrounding Daily Fantasy Sports Senior executive published the decision, but spokesperson for FanDuel denied it; various emails to FanDuel’s confirmation went unreturned.