Trade group pulls convention from Nevada over dail

The Fantasy Sports Trade A sociation has pulled its winter conference from Nevada over the state's requirement that daily fantasy operators such as FanDuel and Draft Kings be licensed, .The Nevada Gaming Control Board's that daily fantasy is a form of gambling meant "continued Jon Halapio Jersey patronage in Nevada is impo sible for our industry at this time," FTSA president Paul Charchian said in a letter sent to organization members obtained by ESPN.The conference was scheduled for January.After Nevada's ruling Thursday, DraftKings and FanDuel the two biggest daily fantasy operators as well as several other smaller daily fantasy operators pulled their busine s from the state.By requiring the operators to be licensed the Gaming Control Board is cla sifying Will Hernandez Jersey daily fantasy as not a game of skill but rather a form of gambling, despite, ESPN noted, the operators' insistence that they were protected against such a cla sification and therefore regulation by the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.Meanwhile, Charchian also publicly confirmed for the Sterling Shepard Jersey first time to his organization's members that the FSTA "received a request for documents and information" from . However, he a sured members that the organization itself isn't the focus of the investigation.Meanwhile, the published an article on Saturday in which the chief executive of DraftKings was quoted as saying his website was "almost identical to a casino.The article also quoted a memo from Brin Gibson, chief deputy attorney for gaming and government affairs, to the Nevada Gaming Control Board. The memo, the Review-Journal reported, was posted to the B.J. Hill Jersey agency's website late Friday."In short, daily fantasy sports constitute sports pools and gambling games," Gibson wrote. "They may also constitute lotteries, depending on the test applied by the Nevada Supreme Court. As a result, pay-to-play daily fantasy sports cannot be offered in Nevada without licensure."The article also notede that DraftKings had received gaming licenses to Janoris Jenkins Jersey operate in the United Kingdom.