Daily fantasy sports added to Germany's definition of illegal gambling

Germany is still working on defining gambling, but it now has a firm idea about how it will handle daily fantasy sports. The Joint Gaming Authority of the Federal States, the nation's gaming watchdog, has found that some daily fantasy sports participants are breaching the law.

There are two criteria by which the regulator determines what constitutes a game of chance. This applies to the gaming option if winning is contingent on chance in any way, there is a participation fee, and there is a chance to win prizes.
 
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