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ALBANY \u2014 New York\u2019s highest court ruled Tuesday that fantasy sports contests like those run by FanDuel and DraftKings are allowed under the state constitution, turning back a challenge to the popular games.
The state Court of Appeals reversed an appeals court\u2019s decision last year that found interactive fantasy sports violated the state constitution\u2019s ban on gambling. The games allow players to assemble a roster of athletes in a sport, using individuals performance statistics to determine the winner. They annually bring in hundreds of millions in entrance fees statewide.
The lawsuit was bought several years ago and did not target mobile sports betting, which began in New York earlier this year.
In a 4-3 ruling, New York\u2019s top court clarified the scope of that the state\u2019s constitutional prohibition on gambling. Chief Judge Janet DiFiore wrote that the gambling prohibition doesn\u2019t include skill-based competitions in which players who win a prize exercise \u201csubstantial influence\u201d over the contest\u2019s outcome.
DiFiore wrote that the outcome of a interactive fantasy sports contest \u201cturns \u2014 not on the performance of real-life athletes, as it would with respect to a bet or wager \u2014 but on whether the participant has skillfully composed and managed a virtual roster so as to garner more fantasy points than rosters composed by other participants.\u201d
The fantasy sports measure signed into law by then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2016 cleared the way for companies like DraftKings and FanDuel to operate and be regulated in New York. DraftKings and FanDuel both said they were pleased with the decision.
\u201cNew York state is FanDuel\u2019s home and our New York customers have enjoyed playing daily fantasy for years. We are pleased that New Yorkers will continue to have access to fantasy sports contests,\u201d FanDuel spokesperson Kevin Hennessy said in a prepared statement.
The lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the law was coordinated by the group Stop Predatory Gambling on behalf of four plaintiffs who had suffered personal or family harm from gambling debts.
An attorney for the group, Neil Murray, said he was disappointed that the court did not apply \u201cthe ordinary, commonsense definition of gambling\u201d in the majority decision.
In a scathing dissent, Judge Rowan Wilson wrote that the court\u2019s majority \u201ceffectively amends\u201d the state constitution.
Wilson wrote that the majority\u2019s explanation of why \u201csomething everyone knows is gambling is not actually gambling\u201d recalled the scene in the classic film Casablanca in which police Capt. Renault said he was \u201cshocked, shocked\u201d to find there was gambling at a nightclub immediately before being handed his winnings.{\/div}{\/div}{\/div}{\/div}{\/div}{\/div}{\/div}{\/div}{\/div}{\/form}{\/div}{\/div}
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