The US House of Representatives held its first hearing on daily fantasy sports, but the outcome failed to shed much light on the issue or provide any indication that Congress plans to take any concrete action – pro or con – on the issue.

On Wednesday, the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade conducted the first federal hearing on DFS, and while efforts were made to link the issue to the broader subjects of sports betting and online gambling, there was no suggestion that Congress intends to do much of anything on any of these fronts anytime soon.

The meeting came following requests from New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., whose state has led the push to scrap the federal PASPA sports betting prohibition. Pallone’s opening statement drove home this theme, rubbishing the “hypocrisy of those arguing that daily fantasy sports is readily distinguishable from traditional sports betting.”

The two leading DFS operators – DraftKings and FanDuel – declined to send reps to the hearing, as did the major sports leagues whom Pallone accused of reaping “huge profits from their partnerships” with DFS operators while remaining “stubbornly opposed to sports betting.”