Nevada regulators find fault with daily fantasy sports’ exceptionalism

The CEOs of daily fantasy sports operators DraftKings and FanDuel pled their case before Nevada regulators on Monday but emerged no closer to resuming their discontinued operations in the state.

Monday brought a rare meeting of the Nevada Gaming Policy Committee, the association of regulators, legislators and other state officials that Gov. Brian Sandoval revived in 2012 to consider new developments in the industry.

On tap for Monday’s meeting was DFS, the possibility of eSports wagering and the introduction of skill-based gambling games on casino gaming floors, although DFS dominated the proceedings (and thus also dominates the coverage below).

The need to address DFS arose in October, after Nevada’s Attorney General declared DFS to be a form of gambling that, while legal, required operators to apply for state gambling licenses. Instead, DFS operators ceased all activity in the state rather than have to admit that their gambling games were, you know, gambling.