Fantasy pool betting

[bdorman]

It seems that companies have gotten around the laws against sports betting in the U.S. by offering fantasy football (and/or other sports).

Pool suffers because you can't bet on it (not its only problem, to be sure...but a significant one nonetheless).

Could a gambling (excuse me..."gaming") company offer Fantasy Pool as a way to offer legal "gaming" on pool tournaments?

For example, for the US Open 9-Ball Championship you pick four players to finish the highest. The bettor who chooses his players most accurately wins. I'm sure there are lots of other details involved in fantasy-team-betting, but that's the basic idea: popularize the sport via betting and make it legal via the fantasy-team concept.

Your thoughts?

 

[Icon of Sin]

It seems that companies have gotten around the laws against sports betting in the U.S. by offering fantasy football (and/or other sports).

Pool suffers because you can't bet on it (not its only problem, to be sure...but a significant one nonetheless).

Could a gambling (excuse me..."gaming") company offer Fantasy Pool as a way to offer legal "gaming" on pool tournaments?

For example, for the US Open 9-Ball Championship you pick four players to finish the highest. The bettor who chooses his players most accurately wins. I'm sure there are lots of other details involved in fantasy-team-betting, but that's the basic idea: popularize the sport via betting and make it legal via the fantasy-team concept.

Your thoughts?

Pool players will do what they can to 'fix' things. Dumps, side bets, arrangements, etc...

Will never happen, nor should it.

 

[dardusm]

They have gambling on snooker matches but it's tightly regulated and the association is strong enough to ban dumpers. A real issue with fantasy betting is that the loophole that allows it will probably be changed in the near future. Some States are already banning it.

 

[bdorman]

They have gambling on snooker matches but it's tightly regulated and the association is strong enough to ban dumpers. A real issue with fantasy betting is that the loophole that allows it will probably be changed in the near future. Some States are already banning it.

True. Worse yet is that the primary reason they want to ban it is because it competes with state-sponsored lotteries ("You wanna bet, you bet our game. We say what's legal and what isn't" -- Tony Soprano).