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Fantasy plays: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 12

We’re still a few weeks away from the official “most wonderful time of the year,” but for fantasy purposes, this is the pinnacle. Week 12: Thanksgiving week. No byes.

Fantasy plays: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 3

Jacksonville’s Trevor Lawrence struggled last week, completing 53.7% of his passes and garnering just 9.2 fantasy points.

Fantasy plays: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 2

Dallas’ Dak Prescott didn’t have a great fantasy game in Week 1, but the Cowboys didn’t need him to do much in a 40-0 blowout.

Fantasy plays: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 1

Dak Prescott may not throw as much with Kellen Moore in Los Angeles, but Prescott’s stellar efficiency (second with a 52.2% pass success rate) is more than enough to warrant a start in an average matchup.

Fantasy plays: Steelers’ Pickett, Saints’ Carr among late-round QB sleepers

Everybody who participates loves good fantasy football value. And while they’re not always easy to find, one place where we can really look for big hits is at quarterback.

Fantasy plays: Falcons’ Robinson, Lions’ Gibbs among top NFL rookie options

Every year, the NFL draft supplies the league with new and exciting players to watch. For fantasy football, sometimes those rookies can help take your teams to the top.

Fantasy plays: Colts’ Richardson, Broncos’ Sutton among top sleeper picks

There aren’t many better feelings in fantasy football than setting your draft queue full of players you want to target in the middle and late rounds and then having some of those sleeper players lead your team to fantasy glory.

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FANTASY PLAYS: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 17

Another season of fantasy football, another group of start-or-sit scenarios to answer.

It’s not just enough to draft the right team and make the right moves off the waiver wire.

Maryland gambling revenue sets new record in fiscal year

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland raised a record $1.5 billion for the state from gambling revenue in the last fiscal year, the lottery announced Monday.

On the hook: Angels’ Trout still fantasy commish, for now

Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout says he’s talked to Cincinnati outfielder Tommy Pham and San Francisco outfielder Joc Pederson about their fantasy football dispute.

Yankees ask entire 2nd Circuit to keep Manfred letter sealed

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees asked all 13 judges of the 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to reverse a three-judge panel’s decision to unseal a letter from baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to general manager Brian Cashman detailing an investigation into sign stealing.

New York’s top court rules in favor of fantasy sports bets

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s highest court ruled Tuesday that fantasy sports contests like those run by FanDuel and DraftKings are allowed under the state constitution, turning back a challenge to the popular games.

Appeals court orders Manfred letter to Yankees unsealed

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals panel has affirmed a lower court’s decision to unseal a letter from baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to Yankees general manager Brian Cashman detailing an investigation into sign stealing.

Pennsylvania set state record for gambling revenue in 2021

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania set another annual record for gambling revenue in the era of online gambling and sports betting, state regulators said, reporting that casinos and other operators won more than $4.7 billion from gamblers in calendar year 2021 in one of the nation’s largest commerc

Arizona sports betting revenue off to soft start

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s general fund collected just over $1.3 million in taxes during the first two months of legalized sports betting, far below the high expectations set by Gov.

Arizona collects over $1,500 in fantasy sports tax in August

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona collected just under $1,600 in tax revenue during the first four days of fantasy sports contests after they became legal in August.

Another fantasy sports betting firm gets Louisiana license

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A second company is receiving a state license to run fantasy sports betting operations in the nearly three-quarters of Louisiana parishes where voters authorized the activity.

Tennessee sports betting panel picks executive director

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A panel that regulates sports betting in Tennessee has selected an executive director.

Fantasy sports contests go live in Arizona on Saturday

PHOENIX (AP) — Fantasy sports fans can legally bet on the contests starting Saturday in Arizona, a state that was among one of the last holdouts to allow wagers and the collection of winnings on the popular online pastime.

Pennsylvania smashes record for gambling revenue in a year

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania smashed its record for gambling revenue, state regulators said Monday, reporting nearly $3.9 billion in the last fiscal year as every category of wagering showed growth in one of the nation’s largest casino and gambling states.

Louisiana’s first fantasy sports betting license approved

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana gambling regulators Thursday backed the state’s first license for fantasy sports betting, paving the way for DraftKings to launch its operations in the 47 parishes where voters authorized the gaming activity nearly three years ago.

Provisional state licenses OK’d for fantasy sports operators

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The state Department of Consumer Protection on Thursday issued short-term provisional licenses to operators of fantasy sports contests, an industry that first voiced concern back in May that Connecticut’s new licensing system wouldn’t be ready for the upcoming NFL season.

Senate passes sports betting, gambling bill; sends to Lamont

A long-awaited gambling expansion bill cleared the Connecticut Senate late Tuesday, moving the state closer toward finally legalizing sports betting and online wagering after years of debate and failed negotiations with the state’s two federally recognized tribal nations.

Fantasy sports industry says bill will put games on hold

Thousands of Connecticut residents who play fantasy sports for money using online companies could be sidelined for the upcoming NFL season if legislation moving through the state General Assembly becomes law, the industry is warning.

Feds OK new Arizona tribal casino and sports betting deal

PHOENIX (AP) — Gambling on sporting events and online fantasy sports betting became legal in Arizona on Monday, along with a host of new gambling options at tribal casinos, after the U.S.

Arizona governor signs bill legalizing sports betting

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill Thursday that allows a major expansion of gambling, providing a potential revenue windfall for the state and for tribes that will be allowed to boost their gambling offerings.

Bill to legalize sports betting heads to Arizona governor

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Legislature late Monday approved a key part of a plan that will provide new opportunities for gambling at casinos owned by Native American tribes and for the first time allow sports betting both on and off reservations.

Arizona House OKs gambling bill amid transparency questions

PHOENIX (AP) — Some Democrats in the Arizona House on Thursday raised transparency and fairness questions about a major expansion of gambling Republican Gov.

Arizona to embrace sports betting in deal with tribes

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizonans would be allowed to bet on professional and college sports at tribal casinos and at sites owned by pro sports teams under a proposal that is part of an update to the state’s deal that allows Native American tribes to run casinos.