The popularity of fantasy sports has exploded over the last two decades, evolving from a passing fancy for diehard fans to a multibillion-dollar industry enjoyed daily by millions of Americans and Canadians.
Seizing on this popularity, the “Big Four” professional sports leagues and the NCAA have integrated their businesses and programing in an effort to reap the financial rewards of the growing trend. Naturally, the leagues have promoted these games as enhancements to fandom, which attract new viewers and increased interest from the Internet generation. But the leagues’ increasing willingness to promote fantasy sports games and the sites that host them should be viewed with increased skepticism in light of their recent legal attacks on the spread of legalized gambling.
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