One interested in tracing the origins of the current spat between daily fantasy sports (DFS) operators and various state attorneys general needs to dust off history books scribed long before DraftKings sponsored a scantly-patronized lounge at the 2015 World Series of Poker, ESPN personalities inked side deals to tweet weekly NFL lineups, and some variety of insider knowledge allegedly aided a player in parlaying $25 into $350,000.
Indeed, one looking to discover the true origins of this now seemingly omnipresent controversy needs to peer before the future ombudsman of the New York Times huddled with friends at La Rotisserie Française in New York City, a Hollywood writer deemed himself the "Talented Mr.