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California Assemblyman amends DFS bill

16 September 2015

California State Assemblyman Adam Gray has amended legislation to regulate the daily fantasy sports (DFS) industry. The amended version of AB 1437, now titled the Fantasy Sports Game Protection Act, would require DFS sites to be licensed and regulated in the state.

Oversight of the DFS industry would be handled by the California Department of Justice.

Read and track the progress of AB 1437 here.

The bill would require DFS businesses to pay a licensing fee to the state that would be credited against quarterly payments based on a percentage of the operator's gross revenue, though those fees are currently not specified.

“We are still reviewing the bill, but we look forward to working with Chairman Gray in 2016 to educate him on fantasy sports and the benefits that our innovative technology provides to sports-loving residents and the California economy,” Paul Charchian, president of the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, told Legal Sports Report.

California is now the 12th state in 2015 to consider daily fantasy sports legislation, according to Legal Sports Report. Only Kansas has actually passed a DFS bill into law, when it legalized DFS earlier this year.

On Monday, New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone called for a congressional hearing to explore the legal status of fantasy sports in the U.S.
California Assemblyman amends DFS bill is republished from Online.CasinoCity.com.
Dan Podheiser

Dan Podheiser has covered the gambling industry since 2013, but he has been an avid poker player for more than a decade, starting when he was just 14 years old. When he turned 18, he played online poker regularly on U.S.-friendly sites until Black Friday in April 2011.

Since graduating from Emerson College with a degree in journalism in 2010, Dan has worked as the sports editor for a chain of newspapers in Northwest Connecticut and served a year as an Americorps*VISTA, writing and researching grant proposals for a Boston-based charity.

Originally from South Jersey, where he still visits occasionally to see his family (and play on the state's regulated online poker sites), Dan lives in Brighton, Mass. with his wife and dog.
Dan Podheiser
Dan Podheiser has covered the gambling industry since 2013, but he has been an avid poker player for more than a decade, starting when he was just 14 years old. When he turned 18, he played online poker regularly on U.S.-friendly sites until Black Friday in April 2011.

Since graduating from Emerson College with a degree in journalism in 2010, Dan has worked as the sports editor for a chain of newspapers in Northwest Connecticut and served a year as an Americorps*VISTA, writing and researching grant proposals for a Boston-based charity.

Originally from South Jersey, where he still visits occasionally to see his family (and play on the state's regulated online poker sites), Dan lives in Brighton, Mass. with his wife and dog.