First, I read the letter to Fanduel and it says no such thing. Second, when something is illegal in a state, then it's illegal in the state. If the manufacture of alcohol were illegal in New York, it wouldn't be legal to manufacture it there as long as it wasn't distributed to New York residents. If fantasy sports is illegal in New York, then all aspects of it are illegal, whether it is running the operation there or offering it to the residents of the state.
I am just saying that FanDuel needs to move its offices out of New York. They don't need to cease operations.
The AG has made a determination that DFS is not skill based. That means that offering it in New York constitutes illegal bookmaking. It is illegal to place bets with a bookie in New York, and it's illegal for a bookmaker to operate there. DK has no New York presence, so they are not affected other than having to block NY players. But FD is, according to this determination, running an illegal bookmaking operation and is headquartered in New York. That will have to change.
Because what you are saying is incorrect. You asserted that someone specifically told FanDuel that they didn't need to move. However, the cease and desist says nothing of the sort. In fact, in spells out the many legal reasons that it must not operate there.
It says that the business they are engaged in is illegal in the state of New York. And the only one of us that made anything up was you, when you stated that someone specifically told them that they didn't have to move out of the state. You're claiming that the AG told them that running what the state considers to be a bookmaking operation from New York is OK as long as they don't take any bets from New Yorkers. It said nothing of the sort.
I am just saying that FanDuel needs to move its offices out of New York. They don't need to cease operations.