January 03, 2017
The company behind daily fantasy sports operator Draft Ops has failed to escape a $1.1 million federal lawsuit from the Minnesota Wild alleging it did not pay up on an advertising deal by arguing that daily fantasy sports contests are illegal in Minnesota, but dodged a bid for sanctions by the NHL team for raising the argument.
July 22, 2016
An online daily fantasy sports operator made another bid Thursday to avoid sanctions in a $1.1 million contract-breach suit brought by the NHL's Minnesota Wild, trying once again to shield itself from paying a sponsorship settlement by challenging the legality of its very business.
July 06, 2016
The Minnesota Wild Hockey Club on Wednesday asked a federal court to sanction Emil Interactive Games LLC, the company behind daily fantasy sports operator Draft Ops, for seeking to dismiss the club's breach of contract suit because daily fantasy sports are illegal in Minnesota.
July 01, 2016
The company behind daily fantasy sports operator Draft Ops on Thursday doubled down on its argument that a sponsorship agreement with the NHL's Minnesota Wild and the Xcel Energy Center is unenforceable because daily fantasy sports are illegal, telling a Minnesota federal judge the team and its arena have not shown how the games are legal.
June 23, 2016
The National Hockey League's Minnesota Wild took aim at a daily fantasy sports operator's claims that its own offerings in Minnesota are illegal, asking a federal judge Wednesday not to dismiss the Wild's breach of contract suit over a sponsorship deal based on "legally and factually incorrect allegations."
June 08, 2016
In a strange turn of events, the company behind daily fantasy sports operator Draft Ops told a Minnesota federal court its contests are illegal in the state in an attempt to void a sponsorship agreement with the Minnesota Wild, a move experts said is bizarre and potentially harmful to the industry's ongoing legal fight across the U.S.
June 02, 2016
The company behind daily fantasy sports operator Draft Ops on Wednesday asked a Minnesota federal judge to toss a breach of contract suit brought by the National Hockey League's Minnesota Wild, arguing that their sponsorship agreement is void because the state has failed to legalize the games.