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In response to "Idonotknowthis: do those sites take/give money? -- nm" by b.

Yes. Fantasy sports are classified as skill rather than luck so they are perfectly legal under Federal law. -- nm

Posted by spamlet Sep 14 '15, 15:15

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Lol -- nm - znufrii Sep 14, 15:28 1
- I'm still confused as to whether athletes should be permitted to participate, given that there's monetary reward based on outcome. -- nm - Mop Sep 14, 15:34
Blackjack and poker are skills, too. -- nm - Mop Sep 14, 15:19 9
- No. Go read the UIGEA, which specifically carves out an exception for fantasy sports. -- nm - ML Sep 14, 15:23 8
  - There's the legal definition and then practicality - if fantasy sports are a skill, so is poker - Reagen Sep 14, 15:28 7
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    - Maybe, but we're obviously talking legality here. - ML Sep 14, 15:29 5
      - I don't think anyone's arguing the legality, just pointing out the complete nonsensical nature of it. - Reagen Sep 14, 15:33 4
        
        Yep. -- nm - Mop Sep 14, 16:15 1
        
        OK™ -- nm - ML Sep 14, 16:21
        
        I agree with your IM. -- nm - ML Sep 14, 15:40
        
        fwiw, I agree with this. -- nm - b. Sep 14, 15:34
Correct. Not "murky" at all. - ML Sep 14, 15:16 6
- He has Eli on his FF team? -- nm - rollo Sep 14, 15:20 1
  - thx for jinxing me in QV by the way - ML Sep 14, 16:17
- They want sports books and have been denied multiple times. - Krusty Sep 14, 15:18 1
  - He's just mad that money isn't going to NJ. -- nm - Krusty Sep 14, 15:19
- Only if you accept that picking intentionally outperforms picking at random by a significant margin -- nm - jangles Sep 14, 15:18
- Glad I'm not the only one that thought of the IM. -- nm - spamlet Sep 14, 15:18

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