Legal Question in Business Law in California
sports pools
Are on-line sports pools and fantasy games illegal if
you have to pay for them? Does it change the legality
of the contest if the winner is paid in prizes instead
of cash?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: sports pools
Wagering is illegal in California and it makes no difference whether the payoff is in cash or other things of value. Sports pools are a form of wagering. Whether a particular 'fantasy game' amounted to wagering as defined by California cases would depend on its rules, etc.
Conducting the games on the Internet raises the questions of whether California law applies and whether the California courts could obtain and exercise jurisdiction over the game operators. If the base of operations is in California and/or the games are offered to California residents, California would doubtless have jurisdiction to prosecute the operators and/or participants (players) under its criminal laws against wagering.
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