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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Minority Report: Mobile sports betting — a most dangerous game

Lincoln Son Currie February 23, 2022
That is how all sports betting should be — a few fun, insignificant wagers made on vacation. If you win, great. If you lose, oh well. 
Instant Replay: Fan warfare

Instant Replay: Fan warfare

Sophia Lipp March 21, 2017

In light of the recent destruction of many March Madness brackets (thanks, Villanova), I want to shed some light on one component of new sports media that seems to be dominating the sports world: the...

Beginning July 1, those wishing to play fantasy sports must be at least 21 due to a new regulation issued Friday by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey. ILLUSTRATION BY BRITTANY CHANG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Attorney General Maura Healey announces fantasy sports regulations

Paige Smith March 30, 2016

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced stricter rules regarding the Daily Fantasy Sports industry on Friday, according to the updated regulations. Initially proposed in November 2015,...

Fish and Chipps: Here’s what’s wrong with daily fantasy sports

Fish and Chipps: Here’s what’s wrong with daily fantasy sports

Isaac Chipps March 22, 2016

Sitting in my room on a Sunday in October, I turned on my computer and typed in the URL I had managed to evade for the past three months: www.draftkings.com. I'm not a gambler. I’ve never been...

The United States Attorney General and the Gaming Commission seek to regulate online fantasy sports gambling website DraftKings. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY PAIGE TWOMBLY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Attorney General investigates fantasy sports

Weihua Li November 19, 2015

Following conversation about whether or not fantasy sports industries qualify as gambling, the office of Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is conducting an investigation on DraftKings and FanDuel.   DraftKings...

Indirect Kick: Fantasy sports in America, a cult

Indirect Kick: Fantasy sports in America, a cult

Dan Shulman September 8, 2015

This summer, I worked a part-time job at the New England Patriots Pro Shop. One night in August, I was asked to help restock the back warehouse. My boss told me to go grab two other employees to help...

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