watch more sports, and then also get them to play more on fanduel. >> fanduel's one-week fantasy footballeagues are paying $75 million a week... >> narrator: all that investment money fueled an advertising blitz worth hundreds of millions of dollars in the run-up to this year's football season. >> turning a game you love into a lifetime of cash. >> use promo code "kick" to play and get free entry into the millionaire grand final. >> narrator: on some weeks, fanduel or draftkings was the number one advertiser on television. >> this isn't fantasy as usual. this is draftkings. >> they were everywhere. i'm not sure that we've ever seen that level of spend for any kind of gaming product, or frankly, any product. it's very rare that a marketing campaign achieves a spot in the cultural consciousness, that it becomes a meme, that it becomes the subject of jokes for late night television hosts. >> these days, it feels like you can't turn on the tv without seeing one of three things: a zombie, a kardashian, or a fantasy football ad. >> i can't think of another marketing campaign at least in my life

so you don't view what you do here at fanduel as gambling? >> no. >> that's a word that isn't used very much around here i take it. >> nope. >> reporter: jason robins, c.e.o. of draftkings, says it's skill. >> i just think under the current law right now it's very obvious this fits within skill gaming. >> reporter: hey, says jay caspian kang. of course it's gambling, but the industry's defense-- the role of skill -- is legit. only problem is that, besides addictiveness, fantasy sports skill is why it's a loser's game. >> it takes a lot of research, it takes a lot of study, it takes a lot of understanding breaking news things. julian edelman is injured, you have to know instinctively what that means for the other wide receivers in terms of how many times tom brady, the quarterback, is going to throw to them. >> reporter: and who does this kind of work? math jocks, several dozen of whom kang met with for his story. >> some of them are guys who worked on wall street and were investment analysts, and a lot of them, they were sort of good at sport

but today, fanduel notifed the the state, it' s laying off 55 employees. in a written statement, the company said, we did have a group of developers in the orlando office that were focused on research and development for ancillary games and applications moving forward. fanduel has been embroiled in legal battles in several states where some claim the website is simply illegal gambling in disguise. a spokeswoman for the company told wesh 2 news the legal battles are part of the reason fanduel is restructuring, but she claims the company will continue to offer its core employees, who are primarily focused on customer service will remain at the office in maitland. angela: fanduel says the employees being let go are being offered two months severance and assitance finding new jobs. >> we will need to come together in a few months and unite this party and this nation because the right-wing republicans we oppose must not be allowed to gain the presidency. [applause] angela: vermont senator bernie sanders speaking last night, following a victory in the new hampsh

citigroup has announced it will now block transactions fromactions from draftkings and fanduel in new york while the two sites remain under criminal investigation. armen keteyian is covering this for "60 minutes sports." >> a new accept every time you play. >> reporter: in a three-month advertising blitz tie to the start of the nfl season, draftkings and fanduel spent $230 million, running 44 different television ads, more than 56,000 times, all promising fast, easy action that could produce life-changing results. >> just pick your sport. pick your players. and pick up your cash. it's the simplest way of winning life-changing piles of cash. >> reporter: but last october, just as the sites were drawing as many as 200,000 new players a day, explosive allegations of fraud rocked the industry. after this front-page story in the "new york times" detailed allegations a draftkings employee used inside information to win $350,000 in a contest on rival site fanduel, the company's c.e.o. nigel eccles knew he had a problem. >> when that broke, that's what really hairmed home to me, that we've no

draftkings and fanduel have spent more than $200 million on ads based for big payouts. a player tries to pick a winner for their team, a cash prize is awarded. nearly 57 million people in the united states and canada play fantasy sports, that's up nearly 90% since 2008. professional sports leagues and big companies have invested big time in the concept. but so have questions about legality and that spurred protests. most players lose money. a study found that in the first half 20615, 91% of baseball daily fantasy player profits were won by just 1.3% of users. the attorneys general of six states have declared daily fantasy games a form of gambling or illegal under state laws. but investors like mark cuban say it is a game of skill. >> we know that fantasy sports and daily fantasy are not gambling. period, end of story. >> comcast and nbc universal, the parent company that produces this program own a stake in fanduel. are daily fantasy sports a game of skill or gambling? timothy fong is co-director of the ucla gambling studies program and rick horrow is a sports attorney

citigroup has announced it will now block transactions fromactions from draftkings and fanduel in new york while the two sites remain under criminal investigation. armen keteyian is covering this for "60 minutes sports." >> a new accept every time you play. >> reporter: in a three-month advertising blitz tie to the start of the nfl season, draftkings and fanduel spent $230 million, running 44 different television ads, more than 56,000 times, all promising fast, easy action that could >> just pick your sport. pick your players. and pick up your cash. that's it. it's the simplest way of winning life-changing piles of cash. >> reporter: but last october, just as the sites were drawing as many as 200,000 new players a day, explosive allegations of fraud rocked the industry. after this front-page story in the "new york times" detailed allegations a draftkings employee used inside information to win $350,000 in a contest on rival site fanduel, the company's c.e.o. nigel eccles knew he had a problem. >> when that broke, that's what really hairmed home to me, that we've not done a good enough

citigroup is reportedly locking debit and credit card payments by new yorkers on fanduel and draftkings until courts in new york rule on the legality of fantasy sports. last month the supreme court declared the sides could continue operating while the appeal in order to discontinue those companies say their contents are games of skill not considered illegal gambling. super bowl 50 less than 24 hours christina: you don't have to wait to see the commercials. however titers are using social buck. antwan: beyonce jobs they -- one day before her performance. >> if you have big plans for your super bowl sunday we will start out with sunshine and clouds will thicken up throughout the day. it will be dry temperatures topping out in the 40s. some snow on the way. i just ordered pizza. we're out of bud light. beer run? no. minibar delivery. sfx: doorbell minibar. uh...jb smoove?? i'll take that. order bud light now on minibardelivery.com or download the app. i know... we could have one of those. one? are you kidding? we'll end up eating like thirty. wanna split that? ughhhh...no, soooo much fat..

last week, that state' s attorney general ruled the games offered by draftkings and rival, fanduel, are illegal gambling. in a statement, the company said they disagree with the ruling and hope to work with lawmakers in hawaii to return to the state. erika: new trouble for chipotle. the company says a federal criminal probe linked to a food-safety incident at a california restaurant is now national. focus on what headquarters knew about conditions at restaurants around the country. chipotle shares dipped 7% yesterday after the announcement. emily: gas prices are down again. triple-a reports the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded gas is now a dollar and 78 cents. the average price for the boston according to gasbuddies.com. around $30 in the past 19 ramped up production by the u.s. and opec led to an oversupply. american airlines is bringing t had re talking cookies and pretzels for passengers in the you' flights by april, and later this month on trans-continental airline companies have been posting record profits recently due to lower oil prices and strong travel demand.

. >>> fewer people working at maitland office for fanduel representatives say the 55 positions were being let go because of a secondary project that will be continued. 19 others will stay on mostly in customer service. questioning whether or not the daily games are gambling. >>> because of cold temperatures we been checking with power companies to see if they have problems. power usage spike on cold mornings as people get ready for the day. do, florida power & light, they say anything is fine. >>> cold temperatures we have been seeing our doing -- sending manatees warm waters. the staff counted more than 300 arriving in the park. i have theories they are dolphins that like doughnuts. >> interesting. do you know what they call a grandmother vanity?>> a -- granatee >>> it is calm for the most part. breeze at the coast but wind- temperatures are down, 28 ocala, 30 clermont, 39 kissimmee. temperatures above the ground, where frost forms, grass and rooftops, spots can be at freezing and had frost form when you have temperatures like that. orlando is near 40. we been passing pictures along. cal

what is your take on the fanduel drafting model at this point?> i think that is an embryonic industry, and those companies are really responding to fans' needs. they have been playing fantasy games before the technology, so there is a lot of complex questions. if you have appropriate regulation and he gets the fans engaged, and i believe it is personally more a game of skill. people who are been playing fantasy for 20, 25 years, those companies are just automating what they did. >> within tec is lots of embryonic sub industries but we have seen a lot of highflying valuations in the past couple of years. do you think we will start to see that term? a that is we are at good news for investors now but bad news for those who have had investments. i think you have seen that with the overall stock market as well. >> where do you see things going? we have clearly had a rough start to the year in terms of global markets. >> i think this is a correction, it is not a systemic issue. the u.s. banks are extremely strong. jamie dimon just bought $500 million

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