{"id":135271,"date":"2015-07-22T11:11:43","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T17:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fantasysites.com\/?p=955"},"modified":"2024-05-22T11:53:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T16:53:56","slug":"bill-burr-gives-dfs-advocates-a-wake-up-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ycgts.shop\/bill-burr-gives-dfs-advocates-a-wake-up-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Burr gives DFS Advocates a Wake Up Call"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As I stated in my last column<\/a>: “DFS is a game of skill and uses a sweepstakes format, so it’s not gambling. Daily Fantasy Sports is a game of skill and is therefore not gambling.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are the arguments DFS advocates continually cite as they try to stay within the bounds of the Fantasy Sports exemption in UIGEA, and at the same time try to keep state legislatures from prohibiting DFS – at least five states already have laws on the books that seemingly cover DFS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Comedian Bill Burr certainly thinks these arguments are ridiculous, as he candidly explained on his Monday Morning Podcast after DraftKings sent him a letter asking him to not refer to their website as gambling, something Burr mocked, derided, and laughed off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Start at the 26 minute mark<\/a> and stick around until he reads the DraftKings advertisement at 31 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burr doesn’t take DraftKings’ explanation lying down, and essentially ridicules this opinion for a good five minutes. But at the same time he offers up a better argument DFS could use to win over the hearts and minds of the general public – yes we’re gambling but we’ve created a new exciting way to gamble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DraftKings is likely freaking out about this, but to me this type of freakout (and attempts to write the narrative) shows how tenuous the DFS industry’s footing as a “legal” contest is at this point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The point of Burr’s rant against daily fantasy sports at DraftKings<\/a> is people know gambling when they see it, and DFS looks, smells, sounds, feels, and tastes like gambling to a majority of people – even 42% of DFS players consider it gambling. I wouldn’t be surprised if 75% of non-DFS players (like Burr) considered it to be gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So even if you’re right (which is a debatable point in and of itself) it’s too nuanced to make. And it’s not just laymen making this point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Totally understandable why FanDuel and Draft Kings would argue that #DFS<\/a> is not gambling. Everybody else should be embarrassed.<\/p>— Jeff Hwang (@RivalSchoolX) July 14, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote>