The Fantasy Sports Trade Association (FSTA) last week congratulated the Massachusetts legislature on cementing the 2016 fantasy sports law by including it in the 2018 budget.
In a statement FSTA declared, “We’re encouraged that the state followed the FSTA’s recommendation to keep the existing law in place as opposed to the recommendation of the Massachusetts Special Commission on Online Gaming, Fantasy Sports Gaming and Daily Fantasy Sports which recommended fantasy sports be treated like gambling.
FSTA Chairman Peter Schoenke was a member of the Special Commission and voted against the final recommendations.”
The statement calls the Bay State law “a model for the rest of the nation in how it allows startups, and small and large companies to compete without overly burdensome regulations or registration fees.”
