FanDuel to resume operations in New York after law change

4 August 2016

A Scottish tech firm is to resume its daily fantasy sports operations in New York, after a bill legalising the yohaig code activity was signed into law.

FanDuel had to stop running in the state in November after regulators ruled dream sports firms' activities totaled up to unlawful gambling.

the yohaig code business likewise faced legal hurdles in a number of other states.

FanDuel later on alerted it may not have the ability to continue as a going concern due to legal barriers in the US.

However, given that January eight US states have passed laws "clarifying the yohaig code legality" of fantasy sports, according to the company.

FanDuel, which was established in Edinburgh in 2009, lays claim to 6 million signed up users throughout the US and Canada. New York is among its biggest markets.

Its innovation platform enables sports fans to select fantasy teams from real players, and follow their performances.

'On death watch'

Chief executive Nigel Eccles welcomed the New York legislation, saying that sports fans in the state had sent out more than 110,000 letters and made nearly 3,000 calls to legislators backing FanDuel's case.

He said: "Last fall, in the middle of nationwide controversy, some pundits put fantasy sports on death watch.

"But when the calendar turned to 2016 and fantasy sports fans had the chance to be heard and legislators had the opportunity to act, the vibrant rapidly moved, and one by one states began to acknowledge this promotion code is a video game loved by millions - millions who ought to have the ability to play and be worthy of the basic defenses managed to customers in all significant markets."

Earlier today, FanDuel introduced its very first item in the UK - a new one-day fantasy football platform focusing on the yohaig code English Premier League.

The move followed it struck a collaboration handle sports data company Opta.