Underdog Fantasy made a shift Wednesday in California, opting to focus on peer-to-peer daily fantasy sports (DFS) in the state going forward. Coinciding with that, the company is pulling it’s Pick’em-style games, which the state attorney general on July 3 wrote he believes are illegal under existing law. The AG’s opinion, which also points to draft-style games that require entry fees being illegal, is a non-binding and advisory.
Underdog’s Champions contests went live in the state shortly after 2 p.m. local time Wednesday. Per the Underdog website, “Champions is a peer-to-peer fantasy sports contest in which participants create a roster of 2-8 athletes.” Players pay an entry fee and compete against one another, earning points, and the player with the most points wins.
