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FanDuel, DraftKings fight threatened shutdown in New York

November 25, 2015 publisher contests, daily, draft, fantasy-sports, from-offering, highly, players-conference, popular-online, schneiderman, state, supreme-court, their-contests, wednesday, week-seeking

By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) – Daily fantasy sports companies DraftKings and FanDuel urged a New York judge on Wednesday to spare them from a potentially crippling shutdown in one of their top markets by ruling that their contests do not constitute illegal gambling. “Chance pervades fantasy sports,” McGee said.

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Florida ‘Facebook killer’ found guilty of second-degree murder

November 25, 2015 creative circuit-court, daily, daughter, daughter-killed, facebook-jurors, fantasy-sports, highly, jennifer, macabre-trophy, miami-area, players-conference, popular-online, supreme-court, the-internet, wednesday

A jury on Wednesday found a Florida man guilty of second-degree murder after he killed his wife and posted a photo of her blood-spattered body on Facebook. Jurors rejected the argument that Derek Medina, 33, acted in self-defense when he shot 27-year-old Jennifer Alfonso eight times in August 2013 at their Miami-area residence, according to a circuit court spokeswoman in Miami-Dade County.

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DraftKings hires Exiger to review financial controls, compliance

November 24, 2015 creative board-inside, daily, draft, exiger, facebook, fantasy-sports, federal-bureau, florida, having-access, internet, linked-through, miami-florida, players-conference

Daily fantasy sports company DraftKings said on Tuesday it hired regulatory risk and compliance firm Exiger to conduct a review of its financial, operational, compliance and risk controls, as the company and its top competitor, FanDuel, have come under fire from state and federal regulators.