Amaya Calls for Daily Fantasy Sports Regulation Amaya Calls for Daily Fantasy Sports Regulation
Key Takeaways
  • The recent controversy surrounding industry leaders DraftKings and FanDuel “demonstrate[s] that the current self-regulatory practices have fallen short.” x
  • Amaya and StarsDraft have taken the lead in call for state regulation requesting “regulators … adopt tougher restrictions that safeguard players.”
  • Statement follows scandal allegations of DraftKings staff using “inside information” to win on rival sites.

Amaya, parent company of PokerStars and Daily Fantasy Sports provider StarsDraft, is calling for action from state regulators to protect DFS players.