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I was thinking about getting a team on AFFL.com fantasy football league and i was wondering if it is illegal? thanks for all answers
 
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not into fantasy football nor follow it but I don't think it's illegal since all sport websites including ESPN and Fox advertise it.


 
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Quote Originally Posted by Bamboa:

I was thinking about getting a team on AFFL.com fantasy football league and i was wondering if it is illegal? thanks for all answers


Fantasy football is legal because it is a game of skill and not chance like other forms of gambling. 

The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, which was an amendment to the larger and unrelated Safe Port Act, included "carve out" language that clarified the legality of fantasy sports. It was signed into law on October 13, 2006 by President George W. Bush. The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act makes transactions from banks or similar institutions to online gambling sites illegal, with the notable exceptions of fantasy sports, online lotteries and horse/harness racing.

The bill specifically exempts fantasy sports games, educational games, or any online contest that "has an outcome that reflects the relative knowledge of the participants, or their skill at physical reaction or physical manipulation (but not chance), and, in the case of a fantasy or simulation sports game, has an outcome that is determined predominantly by accumulated statistical results of sporting events, including any non-participant's individual performances in such sporting events.


 
 
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fantasysportslive.com allows paypal, which is against gambling so its definitely legal
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