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Daily fantasy sports site FanDuel stops taking money in NY

November 14, 2015 publisher accounts, after-the-state, board-inside, daily, daily-fantasy, players, said-on-friday, schneiderman, sports-market, state, stopped-taking, suzanne-barlyn, taking-money, york

By Liana B. Baker and Suzanne Barlyn NEW YORK (Reuters) – Daily fantasy sports site FanDuel said on Friday it stopped taking new deposits in New York after the state's attorney general declared the games to be illegal gambling. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sent cease and desist letters this week to daily fantasy sports market leaders FanDuel and DraftKings, demanding that they stop taking money from players in the state.

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Fans protest end of daily fantasy sports in New York

November 13, 2015 creative after-the-state, fantasy-sports, friday, online, rule-the-games, said-on-friday, schneiderman, stopped-taking

Fans of daily fantasy sports protested what could be the end of the online games in New York after the state’s attorney general decided earlier this week that they constituted illegal gambling.

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FanDuel stops taking new deposits in New York

November 13, 2015 publisher after-the-state, attorney, companies-filed, fantasy-sports, games, jason-robins, ordered-the-two, state-court, two-companies, york

NEW YORK, Nov 13 (Reuters) – Daily fantasy sports site FanDuel said it has stopped taking new deposits in New York after the state’s attorney general declared the games to be illegal gambling. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sent daily fantasy sports market leaders FanDuel and DraftKings cease and desist letters earlier this week, demanding that they stop taking money from players in the state. Both companies filed lawsuits in New York state court earlier on Friday to contest the order