Judge Halts Daily Fantasy Sports Betting in New York

Friday, December 11, 2015

GoLocalProv Sports Team and Graphiq

A New York judge ruled on Friday that leading daily fantasy sports sites DraftKings and FanDuel must halt operations in New York as their business models likely constitute illegal gambling.

The ruling comes after DraftKings refused to comply with an order to halt business in state from the New York Attorney General. Lawyers for DraftKings filed an appeal minutes after the decision was made.

GoLocal has followed the rise and fall of daily fantasy sports closely, including reports on the NCAA banning daily fantasy sports, a DraftKings employee winnings $350,000 on FanDuel after releasing valuable data, and whether daily fantasy sports may be the next compulsive gambling problem.

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GoLocal teamed up with Graphiq for these visualizations showing funding history and investor breakdown by location for DraftKings, as well as profiles for both FanDuel and DraftKings.

Data curated by FindTheCompany

Related Slideshow: How Do Twin River Casino and Plainridge Park Casino Match Up?

With Plainridge Park Casino opening in Plainville, MA, GoLocal looked into how the new facility will measure up against Twin River Casino in Lincoln, RI.

Defintions:

1.) Payout Percentage: How much of each dollar spent is won back by a customer.

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Number of Slot Machines

Twin River: 4,500

Plaindridge Park: 1,200

Twin River has nearly four times the number of slot machines that Plainridge Park has available.

Photo courtesy of: Flickr/Raging Wire

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Number of Table Games

Twin River: 80

Plaindridge Park: 50

Twin River offers 30 more table options than Plainridge Park, including poker, blackjack, craps, and more.

Photo courtesy of Flickr/Images Money

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Payout Percentage

Twin River: 90.845%

Plaindridge Park: N/A

The data for Plainridge Park will come out in the coming months, but Twin River's customers won back 90.845% of their money in May of 2015.

Photo courtesy of Flickr/Jessie Hodge

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Square Feet

Twin River: 300,000

Plaindridge Park: 106,000

Twin River's facility is nearly triple the size of Plainridge Park's and neither is limited to gambling areas.

The former has an event center, a cigar bar, and more. The latter has several restaurants and a horse track.

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Number of Hotel Rooms

Twin River: None

Plaindridge Park: None

Neither Twin River or Plainridge Park currently offer hotel accomodations for their customers. Instead, they suggest to search for nearby options.

However, plans to build a hotel at Twin River were approved in March of 2015 by the RI House of Representatives. A date for when construction would be finalized has not been announced.