PHOENIX (AP) – A bill that won approval in an Arizona Senate committee would legalize online fantasy sports gambling in the state.
An amendment to Senate Bill 1515 would end a prohibition in the state’s current gambling law which affects online fantasy sports leagues. State law outlaws any prize being paid on any game of either skill or chance. Fantasy sports backers say their games require skill because players choose players to compete.
Arizona Attorney General sent a letter to one of the nation’s major fantasy sports websites in November demanding that they disclose safeguards in place to ensure Arizonans are not being allowed to play on the site.
Sen. Adam Driggs’ bill specifically allows fantasy sports leagues. The Judiciary Committee he chairs advanced the bill on a 5-2 vote Thursday.
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