Former Iowa Rep. Jim Leach didn't win over many fans from the iGaming industry a decade ago when he was one of the main proponents behind an Internet gambling ban in the U.S., and he's not very impressed with the unintended consequences of the UIGEA, which exempts fantasy sports and allowed the rise of daily fantasy sports operators like DraftKings and FanDuel.
"It is sheer chutzpah for a fantasy sports company to cite the law as a legal basis for existing," Leach told the Associated Press. "Quite precisely, UIGEA does not exempt fantasy sports companies from any other obligation to any other law."
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