South Carolina Daily Fantasy Sports
Daily fantasy sports apps, including prominent operators like FanDuel and PrizePicks, accept South Carolina residents 18 and above.
State law is unclear about the legality of South Carolina fantasy sports operators. Still, well-known companies openly serve the market, and fans have no shortage of DFS sites and pick-em apps readily available.
South Carolina Fantasy Sports Apps
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18/21+, T&Cs Apply. Welcome offer is for players who make their first successful deposit to ParlayPlay. Following the deposit, you receive promo entry(s) that matches the deposit amount up to $100. The promo entry can only be used to enter up to 4-pick More/Less contests. If you lose the promo entry, your account balance is not impacted. The deposit promo entry(s) must be used within 7 days of deposit. After 7 days the free entry will expire. If you have concerns about managing your play on ParlayPlay or anywhere else, or if you’re concerned about a family member or friend, the National Council on Problem Gambling offers support through telephone or text. They can be reached confidentially (24-hours a day) at 1-800-522-4700. Or contacted on their website at //www.ncpgambling.org/ or through chat at ncpgambling.org/chat.
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The fantasy sports situation in South Carolina resembles that of many other states: outdated gambling laws provide no clarity on the legality of DFS leagues and fantasy pick’em contests.
South Carolina is one of just a handful of states where betting on sports is illegal, yet its approach to daily fantasy is entirely hands-off. Even fantasy pick’em apps, which are banned in some states, are available in South Carolina.
Whether South Carolina will ever pass legislation to regulate fantasy sports contests is unclear.
In the meantime, fantasy pick’em apps and DFS sites offer the closest approximation to legal online sports betting in South Carolina.
Fans can choose from dozens of fantasy sites in South Carolina, ranging from unknown startups to industry titans like FanDuel, but BettingUSA urges players to stick with established operators.
Fans can only ensure prompt payouts and fair treatment by using proven fantasy sports apps exclusively. Below is a list of reputable South Carolina fantasy sports apps offering DFS leagues, pick ‘em contests, and other popular game types.
| Legal South Carolina DFS Sites |
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| Underdog Fantasy South Carolina |
| FanDuel DFS South Carolina |
Fantasy Pick’em Apps in South Carolina
Prediction-style pick’em apps like PrizePicks, Boom Fantasy, and Underdog Fantasy represent the closest thing to sports betting available in South Carolina today.
The attorneys general in some states have ordered fantasy pick’em operators to cease all operations immediately due to their similarity to sports betting. However, the South Carolina Office of the Attorney General has issued no opinions on the legality of pick’em contests under state law.
That’s good news for South Carolina sports fans because participating in fantasy pick’em apps feels like betting on sports.
For example, the most popular South Carolina fantasy pick’em apps allow fans to make “more than” or “less than” predictions on individual athlete stats like passing yards, three-pointers, and so on.
To qualify as fantasy sports under the UIGEA DFS exemption, all pick’em contests in South Carolina must involve two or more athletes from at least two different teams. In that sense, fantasy pick’em contests resemble sports parlays.
Of course, the South Carolina Attorney General could issue an unfavorable opinion on the legality of pick’em apps at any time. If that happens, past experience in other states demonstrates how it would go in South Carolina:
- Pick’em fantasy apps in South Carolina would receive advance notice and enough time to wind down their contests, pay out winners, and inform customers
- Some operators would introduce peer-to-peer variants of their pick’em contests; the fundamentals (players make over/under predictions) remain the same, except payouts are generated by pooling contestants’ entry fees and awarding prizes to the top predictors
South Carolina Fantasy Sports Law
South Carolina law provides no definitive answers on the legality of fantasy sports contests. However, numerous daily fantasy sports sites have operated openly in South Carolina since the mid-2010s despite the legal uncertainty.
The legal status of daily fantasy sports sites that accept South Carolina residents seems to be of little concern to state officials. Back in 2015, asked the Eighth Circuit Deputy Solicitor for an opinion on DFS and received this answer:
“It’s legal until it’s declared otherwise. I have not heard of any groundswell against it in South Carolina. I’m not sure how much energy there is to do something about it.”
The Office of the Attorney General indicated a similar lack of concern. When asked about DFS, the AG’s office stated that it had not received any complaints about daily fantasy sports in South Carolina or requests for a legal opinion.
That appears to be the case to this day. South Carolina daily fantasy sites operate in a grey area of South Carolina law but are not under pressure to leave the state.
South Carolina 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.