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The Dallas Morning News
Attorney General Ken Paxton says daily fantasy sports games should be classified as illegal gambling. But a legislative veteran aims to block him next year. Rep. Richard Raymond, D-Laredo, will challenge Paxton’s opinion with a bill that would declare all fantasy sports to be “games of skill not games of chance.”

Houston Chronicle
A Texas lawmaker wants to settle the score once and for all: fantasy football is a skill and should be allowed by state law.

The Dallas Morning News
Attorney General Ken Paxton says daily fantasy sports games should be classified as illegal gambling. But a legislative veteran aims to block him next year. Rep. Richard Raymond, D-Laredo, will challenge Paxton’s opinion with a bill that would declare all fantasy sports to be “games of skill not games of chance.” “I don’t think it’s right for government to propose kinds of limits and to outlaw it in a way, as the attorney general is suggesting,” Raymond said Thursday.

WFAA
A state lawmaker says he’ll file legislation to make sure Texans can play fantasy sports online without repercussions — following an opinion from Attorney GeneralKen Paxton that equates placing bets on gaming websites to illegal gambling.

KHOU – Houston
Thursday marks the first game of the NFL season, and for millions of Americans, that means fantasy football. As beer joints across Texas become draft central, fantasy football fans are once again dreaming of championships — and in some cases, big bucks. For the fantasy team owner whose office pool isn’t enough, daily fantasy sports companies like DraftKings and FanDuel offer the chance to win daily cash prizes.

The Texas Tribune
A state lawmaker says he’ll file legislation to make sure Texans can play fantasy sports online without repercussions — following an opinion from Attorney General Ken Paxton that equates placing bets on gaming websites to illegal gambling.

KVUE Austin
Thursday marks the first game of the NFL season, and for millions of Americans, that means fantasy football. As beer joints across Texas become draft central, fantasy football fans are once again dreaming of championships — and in some cases, big bucks. For the fantasy team owner whose office pool isn’t enough, daily fantasy sports companies like DraftKings and FanDuel offer the chance to win daily cash prizes.

San Antonio Express News

A Texas lawmaker wants to settle the score once and for all: fantasy football is a skill and should be allowed by state law.

The Dallas Morning News
“I play fantasy football, it is a game of skill, it is not a game of chance. Anybody who knows about football if you put Tom Brady on one side against Blake Bortles from Jacksonville on the other side it is not a game of chance, it is a game of skill,” Raymond explains.

EverythingLubbock.com
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an opinion last week in response to a legislative inquiry regarding the legality of online gaming. Paxton said “it is prohibited gambling in Texas if you bet on the performance of a participant in a sporting event and the house takes a cut.”