AG Healey To Review Fantasy Sports Website DraftKings

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey says she's reviewing the Boston-based fantasy sports website DraftKings.

Healey said Thursday she wants to collect more information about a new industry and the company, which allows fans to play daily fantasy sports for cash prizes.

A spokeswoman for the company said executives are happy to work with Healey to answer any of her questions.

Traditional sports betting is barred outside a handful of states, including Nevada, but daily fantasy sports are allowed in most of the U.S.

Defenders of daily fantasy sports point to a federal 2006 law that carved out an exemption for ``fantasy sports'' well before the idea of daily games was contemplated.

DraftKings boasts daily leagues for fantasy football, baseball, basketball, hockey, golf, NASCAR, MMA, soccer, college football and college basketball.  (Associated Press)