Intro: The bill sponsor said that too much government regulation on Fantasy Football would be detrimental to the game.RunTime: 0:53OutCue: SOC Play itWrap: Shell Knob Republican, Representative Scott Fitzpatrick, said that Fantasy Football was an enjoyable game, but allowing taxes might be an overreach by the government.
"We're trying to bypass gaming, right? So they're not falling under gamings so that this money is coming into education...correct?" Rep. Genise Monticello, D- St. Louis County, asked the bill sponsor. Bill sponsor, Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick, R-Shell Knob, said that he feels putting fantasy sports play into the Department of Professional Registration, Financial Institutions and Insurance will solve the problem.
"I look at it as a sport. I play fantasy sports. I don't consider it gambling. It's not like you are playing roulette. You study players and who you are playing against. I would compare it to the stock market," the sponsor of the House bill to explicitly exempt online fantasy games from Missouri's current laws restricting gambling -- Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick, R-Shell Knob.
"No other state has legislatively assigned this as gambling or gaming," bill sponsor Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick, R-Shell Knob, said while defending this bill.
"No other state has legislatively assigned this as gambling or gaming," bill sponsor Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick, R-Shell Knob, said while defending this bill.
"I look at it as a sport. I play fantasy sports. I don't consider it gambling. It's not like you are playing roulette. You study players and who you are playing against. I would compare it to the stock market," said the bill's sponsor -- Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick, R-Shell Knob.
"I look at it as a sport. I play fantasy sports. I don't consider it gambling. It's not like you are playing roulette. You study players and who you are playing against. I would compare it to the stock market," said the bill's sponsor -- Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick, R-Shell Knob.
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