Sports betting sites trying to pass their products off as fantasy contests will get no love from the Buckeye State.
With Ohio sports betting now well underway, regulators there have taken a tough tone with operators that run afoul of the rules, particularly those for advertising. However, Buckeye State watchdogs are applying that same approach to “fantasy” operators offering products that look a lot like sports betting.
Matt Schuler, executive director of the Ohio Casino Control Commission (OCCC), said during a meeting on Wednesday that there are always challenges with regulating gaming. With fantasy, Schuler noted, some operators are essentially offering prop betting markets and trying to call them fantasy contests.
