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Practical Pieces & Perspectives

February 2013

Practical Pieces & Perspectives

February 12, 2013
Better to be Good than Lucky: Using Fantasy Sports Strategy to Defend the Legal Status of America’s Newest Pastime
Erica Buerger

When Indianapolis Colts’ future Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning announced that he would not start the 2011 NFL season, his streak of 227 consecutive starts ended and fantasy team owners panicked. In 2011, there were approximately $650 million of fantasy football prizes on the line. It is estimated that Manning’s absence shifted $65 million away from people who would have won their fantasy football leagues had he not been injured.

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Practical Pieces and Perspectives, previously Timely Tech, is the non-paginated companion to the Illinois Journal of Law, Technology & Policy. Through Practical Pieces and Perspectives, JLTP publishes short pieces that addresses cutting-edge issues in technology and the law.

 

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