“We have to make certain that industries that are operating online, taking people’s money, are doing so in a way that is as protective of the people of the commonwealth as possible.”
—Senator Eileen Donoghue, co-chairman of the Massachusetts Special Commission on Online Gaming, Fantasy Sports Gaming and Daily Fantasy Sports, on the commission’s recommendations to the legislature
“The issue lies entirely with calling us gaming. That brings into question whether or not our business partners are able to do business with us.”
—James Chisholm, DraftKings spokesman, objecting to a recommendation by the Massachusetts Special Commission on Online Gaming, Fantasy Sports Gaming and Daily Fantasy Sports
“My personal opinion is that in Massachusetts skill versus chance has nothing to do with it. Darts is a game of skill, but if you bet on it in Massachusetts it is illegal.”
—Stephen Crosby, chairman of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, on whether daily fantasy sports is gambling or not
“The inclusion of casinos in the Anti-Money Laundering Act coverage addresses one of our deficiencies in the standards provided under the Financial Action Task Force recommendations. Thus, it eliminates the possibility that the Philippines will be blacklisted by the Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering.”
—Dennis Funa, Philippines insurance commissioner, on a law signed July 14 that puts casinos under the watch of the country’s Anti-Money Laundering Council
“The money raised by AFL goes to their true purposes and the development of football. The AFL and the love of football has been grown into the Victorian psyche.”
—Neil Murray, Community Clubs Victoria, on $75 million in losses on pokies owned by the Australian Football League in the Australian state in the past year
“If Xu were merely playing, teaching and hosting, this would only constitute the crime of gambling. But once he takes a commission from the game, it can be viewed as ‘running a casino,’ which carries a more serious charge.”
—Zhu Wei, a partner at Zhejiang Carrier Law Firm in eastern China, on social media tycoon Xu Chaojun’s arrest for allegedly running a high-stakes poker game in Beijing
