Devlin D’Zmura, a tending news manager at DraftKings, a daily fantasy sports company, works on his laptop at the company’s offices in Boston. (Stephan Savoia, The Associated Press)
A majority of respondents to a recent Denver Post opinion poll said fantasy football websites such as DraftKings should be considered online gambling and banned under federal law.
I see very little difference between day trading on the stock market (legal) and drafting a lineup on DraftKings. Neither one provides success unless you do your homework. These sites require research, knowledge and a head for statistical analysis. This (like the stock market) is not a game of chance.
The fact that DraftKings lets users withdraw an entry prior to a contest starting tells me it s not gambling. Once a wager is placed in a gambling situation (i.e., Las Vegas), there is no withdrawing the bet. Skill vs. chance is the underlying debate here.
Larry Ellingson, Edgewater
This letter was published in the Oct. 2 edition.
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