this winter, take advantage of our season s best offers on the latest generation of cadillacs. the 2016 cadillac ats. get this low-mileage lease from around $269 per month, or purchase with 0% apr financing. state of new york cracking down on online dayty fantasy sport sites saying it s illegal gambli gambling. willie geist has more. reporter: if you watched any football at all this season, you ve probably seen the commercials. fantasy sports contests where some armchair quarterbacks are winning big. there s 5 million bucks on the line. reporter: but now in new york state it may be game over. on tuesday, new york s attorney general s sent cease and desist
football at all this season, you ve probably seen the commercials. fantasy sports contests where some armchair quarterbacks are winning big. there s $5 million on the line. reporter: but now in new york state it may be game over. on tuesday, new york s attorney general sent cease and desist letters to two major online sports fantasy companies saying the operations constitute illegal gambling. play muches you want. reporter: the office telling nnz it is clear that draftkings and fanduel with the leaders of a scheme intended to evade the law and fleece sports fans across the country. fantasy football reporter: both companies more than $100 million in advertising and earlier this year fanduel announced it was signing up 20,000 to 30,000 players every day. more money, the more winners than any other site. reporter: a spokesperson for draftkings said fantasy sports
the contestants cannot see their opponents lineups until the real games begin. so an employee who plays with access to this data has an advantage. abc s parent comcast and nbc sports have invested in fan duel. fan duel and draft teams headquartered here in boston issued a joint statement saying nothing is more important than the integrity of the games we offer and in a sense barred employees from entering fantasy sports contests for money. in a separate statement draft king said an internal review showed because of timing the employee could not possibly have used the information in question to make decisions about his fan duel lineup. still the controversy is poised to linger with billions of dollars, and now credibility at risk. ron mott, abz, boston. well the federal government is getting ready to give an early parole to thousands of prisoners. plus meet america s newest millionaire grandma. $140 million richer after taxes. south carolina s still recovering and it still has so
spoke with a spokesperson for fanduel and it seems the company s approach yesterday was that this was more of a draftkings problem because it involved one of draftkings employees. today fanduel announced within the past hour employees are going to be banned permanently from playing in these fantasy sports contests for money. customers will be required to confirm that they do not work for a fantasy sports site. former u.s. attorney general michael mukasey is going to conduct a review. to address any hints that improprieties behind the scenes can be dealt with. congressman hakeem jeffries is asking the judiciary committee to look at all of this and a couple of new jersey lawmakers, senator bob menendez and congressman frank palone are asking the federal trade commission to look into this game.
sports bedding, according to the nevada gaming commission. $3.2 billion was wagered in sports bets in the casinos in 2011. 41% was handled just for football. in the last few years, web sites like draft kings become more popular. not the video you re seeing right there. that is where players play daily for weekly fantasy sports contests with the promise of winning real money. this is what it looks like when real people win $1 million. playing fantasy football. well, fandual and draft kings are estimated to bring in a combined $60 million in entry fees in the first week of the nfl season. compare that to sports books in las vegas set to take in $30 million. we were supposed to have a sound bite from mark ed elman, so we ll bring him back later in the show. in just a moment, on a mission.