Georgia Daily Fantasy Sports
Georgia fantasy sports sites operate in a legal gray area because state law neither prohibits nor explicitly authorizes DFS contests.
Nonetheless, all prominent fantasy sports operators serve Georgia residents 18 and older. Georgia sports fans’ options range from traditional season-long leagues and one-day DFS games to fantasy pick’em contests offering up to 100x payouts for accurate over/under predictions.
Read on for the full Georgia daily fantasy sports rundown. Below, we provide a list of all prominent Georgia DFS operators, legal updates, and answers to frequently asked questions.
Georgia Fantasy Sports Sites
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Major DFS sites like DraftKings and fantasy pick’em apps like PrizePicks (headquartered in Atlanta) serve Georgia residents under the position that their games constitute contests of skill rather than gambling.
Although Georgia has never formally legalized DFS contests, numerous fantasy sports apps have operated in the state since their emergence more than a decade ago.
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| Underdog Fantasy Georgia |
| FanDuel DFS Georgia |
Georgia’s lack of DFS regulations is a minor but manageable downside of the current status quo. Fortunately, fans can simply use fantasy sports sites that have acquired licenses in other states.
Operators who have undergone the licensing process elsewhere have demonstrated that they have sufficient security standards and financial safeguards to satisfy regulators in other states.
Every fantasy sports operator listed on this page has acquired licenses in more than one state, meaning it has undergone multiple audits and extensive background investigations to date.
Georgia Fantasy Pick’em Apps
Fantasy pick’em apps are the next-best alternative for fans waiting for lawmakers to pass a bill legalizing sports betting in Georgia.
Operators like PrizePicks, Underdog Fantasy, and ParlayPlay host contests that allow fans to make more-or-less predictions on athlete stats like rushing yards, three-pointers, and runs for fixed payouts ranging from 1x to 100x.
Fantasy pick’em contests are almost like betting on parlays, except they require fans to combine selections from athletes representing more than one team and meet the legal definition of DFS, not sports gambling.
For example, a fantasy pick’em contest might involve predicting “more than” or “less than” on one team’s quarterback’s passing yards and another team’s running back’s rushing yards for a fixed payout of 3x to 5x your entry fee.
Georgia Fantasy Sports Law
Georgia law does not address the legality of real-money DFS contests, but prominent fantasy sports operators have served Georgia residents since one-day fantasy went mainstream in the mid-2010s.
2016: Attorney General’s Opinion on Fantasy Sports
It’s accurate to say daily fantasy is de-facto legal in Georgia at this point, but that wasn’t always the case. In 2016, the Georgia Lottery Corporation petitioned the Attorney General’s office for an opinion on the legality of fantasy sports under Georgia law.
The Attorney General’s office responded with that concluded that “daily fantasy sports games are not authorized under Georgia law.”
Critically, the Attorney General’s office described its position as “informal advice” rather than a formal opinion, so fantasy sports operators remained active in Georgia.
Since then, state authorities have never indicated plans to interfere with the operations of daily fantasy sports sites in Georgia.
2017: First Georgia DFS Bill
Georgia lawmakers introduced fantasy sports legislation in 2017 via , a bill that would have established a licensing process for operators and implemented a 6% tax on DFS revenue.
The Georgia House approved HB 118, but the bill died after a promising start in the Senate. The Georgia Senate took up HB 118 again in 2018, but the bill also met a similar fate that year.
2024: Second Georgia DFS Bill
House lawmakers introduced another Georgia fantasy sports bill in 2024, but it died before advancing to the Senate. would have formally legalized daily fantasy sports and given the Georgia Lottery Corporation oversight powers.
The proposal’s key points included:
- Minimum age of 19 to participate in DFS contests in Georgia
- DFS operators must acquire licenses from the Georgia Lottery Corporation
- Nonrefundable $100,000 license application fee and $5 million annual licensing fee for fantasy operators with gross fantasy receipt of $5 million or more derived from Georgia customers
- No application fee and $5,000 annual licensing fee for all other operators
- Georgia fantasy sports operators to pay a 20% tax on gross fantasy receipts earned in Georgia
Georgia Fantasy Sports FAQ
Wes Burns has more than a decade’s worth of experience as a writer, researcher and analyst in the legal gambling industry and is co-founder of ycgts.shop. As a former professional online poker player, Wes approaches his work from the viewpoint of players.