It’s not that states like Missouri, Colorado and Massachusetts have an innate dislike for pick’em fantasy sports. They just don’t want the house involved in any meaningful way.
Peer-to-peer please. Adapt that approach and you won’t see any cease-and-desist letters, people. This month, the Missouri Gaming Commission sent cease-and-desist letters to operators that let the house in on the game.
Legal Sports Report got ahold of the memo dated March 19, signed by commission general counsel Nikki D. Evans.
As counterparts in other states have made clear, player vs. house fantasy contests are to align with sports betting under the rules of the state.
“The commission has maintained that fantasy sports contests pursuant to Missouri law are those that are peer to peer and not subject to the operator being the winning participant,” the memo reads.
Massachusetts sent cease-and-desist letters to 10 fantasy operators, demanding that they stop offering against the house pick’em contests. All operators changed games to fall into compliance in Massachusetts
