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Philly Paper Offers Online Fantasy Gambling

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The once unbreakable line against legal sports betting in this country continues to show significant cracks. The latest breach appears in the online version of the Philadelphia Daily News. The paper is offering an online fantasy gaming outlet called "Instant Fantasy Sports Games" in partnership with FanDuel.com, a British wagering company. Games are currently being offered for the NBA, NHL, and MLB.

"We're trying to serve two goals," said Yoni Greenbaum, vice president of product development at Philly.com. "Those are content differentiation and revenue. If you're looking at the sports sites out there, a lot of them have the same stuff. In this day and age, sports fans have insatiable appetites."

Right now, the game is free to play and you can win cash. However, once the paper starts charging people to play, how is this game different from most other forms of sports gaming which the Feds have decided to shut down? Mind you, I have no objection to the game and hope that the Daily News finds it to be wildly successful, sparking imitators around the country. Maybe then we'll finally see the popular groundswell needed to get rid of the ridiculous limitations on sports gambling in this country.

HT: Wiz of Odds

Full post as published by Sports Biz on April 14, 2010 (boomark / email).