George Will rips government rationale for 'looking into' FanDuel & DraftKings | Bob's Blitz

George Will rips government rationale for 'looking into' FanDuel & DraftKings

George Will opens his Reality of fantasy sports strongly with this clever line, "Someday the number of Americans who bet on the Super Bowl will be approximately equal to the number of Americans." And then he takes on too big government, strongly.

Not for the first time, the law is a lagging indicator of where society is going without asking the government's by-your-leave. What technology — the Internet — makes possible (a multitude of fantasy games and instantaneous payouts), enough determined people will do until the laws proscribing it become too embarrassing to enforce.

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The law will accommodate all sorts of sports gambling not when government becomes a friend of liberty by allowing victimless pleasures, but when government recognizes in fantasy sports something it loves more than liberty: something to regulate and tax.

In between the above? More good stuffing.

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