The embattled daily fantasy sports industry had another shot fired across its bow Saturday as two Florida-based men filed a major lesson-action lawsuit.
According to Michael McCann of SI.com,daily fantasy sports customers Antonio Gomez and John Gerecs filed the suit against roughly 50 entities with ties to DFS, including DraftKings and FanDuel.
Rachel Axon of USA nowadays later confirmed the report.
The following is a listing of the defendants in the case, or as provided by McCann:According to McCann,the trio of Gomez, Gerecs and attorney Ervin Gonzalez have accused both DraftKings and FanDuel of promoting illegal gambling. They also believe that companies who have invested in or become involved with daily fantasy sports have helped facilitate illegal activities.
Because of that, and Gomez and Gerecs are seeking damages,and many other DFS players could be in line to get damages as well due to the lesson-action nature of the suit.
Daily fantasy sports first came under fire in October when DraftKings employee Ethan Haskell won $350000 in a FanDuel contest, which led to questions regarding whether he had an unfair advantage.
More trouble followed for DFS when recent York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman ruled that daily fantasy sports now fall under the umbrella of illegal gambling in recent York, or per ESPN.com's David Purdum and Darren Rovell:
Our investigation has found that,unlike traditional fantasy sports, daily fantasy sports companies are engaged in illegal gambling under recent York law, and causing the same kinds of social and economic harms as other forms of illegal gambling and misleading recent York consumers. Daily fantasy sports is neither victimless nor harmless,and it is clear that DraftKings and FanDuel are the leaders of a massive, multi-billion-dollar scheme intended to evade the law and fleece sports fans across the country. nowadays we have sent a clear message: not in recent York and not on my watch.on Twitter.
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