States where playing daily fantasy sports is allowed in the U.S. 2023
Why are daily fantasy sports banned in some U.S. states?
In contrast to traditional fantasy sports, such as season-long fantasy football, the DFS format allows its players to compete for money and pick new squads on a day-by-day basis. For some state legislative bodies, this has created legal ambiguity as the skill of predicting long-term trends, often associated with traditional fantasy sports, has been seen as lacking in daily fantasy sports. The five states that haven’t yet allowed DFS have not done so because they believe it resembles sports betting more than traditional fantasy sports, which has created conflicts with each state’s strict gambling laws. Despite these legal issues, the weekly frequency of U.S. adults betting on daily fantasy sports is the same as the weekly frequency of U.S. adults betting on season-long fantasy sports.What are the leading U.S. fantasy sports platforms?
Two of the leading platforms at the forefront of U.S. fantasy sports are DraftKings and FanDuel. When looking at the U.S.'s leading fantasy sports platforms for fantasy football players, DraftKings was the second-most used platform, behind ESPN. Incidentally, fantasy football is the U.S.’s most-played fantasy sport by a significant margin.Since its founding in 2012, DraftKings’ global assets grew beyond the multi-billion U.S. dollar mark, and the monthly unique users worldwide of DraftKings reached almost two million. DraftKings and FanDuel also hold the accolade of being among the U.S. fantasy sports companies with the longest average time spent by users per website visit, alongside other fantasy sports platforms such as PrizePicks and Rotowire.