Michigan has made the move to ban single-player pick ’em daily fantasy sports games, according to the Coalition for Fantasy Sports.
That mostly affects companies like PrizePicks and Underdog Fantasy, which offer over/under props on individual players that you play against the house. Meanwhile, regular daily fantasy sports — run by companies like FanDuel and DraftKings, which are fighting to ban competitors like PrizePicks and Underdog — remains above board because they’re played in pools in player vs. player competitions.
The news from Michigan came one day after the state of New York banned similar practices.
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“It’s unfortunate DraftKings and FanDuel, the same companies that championed fantasy sports as skill-based for years, have changed their tune at the first sign of competition,” the Coalition of Fantasy Sports, which represents PrizePicks and Underdog released in a statement in August. “It’s a thinly veiled attempt to create a false narrative and position themselves as the only games in town.”