Legal Analysis On Fantasy Sports Platform

Angad Haksar, Advocate-Founder, Angad Haksar Law Firm

Savita Kumawat, Legal Associate, Angad Haksar Law Firm

Manisha Ray, Legal Associate, Angad Haksar Law Firm

Introduction

A fantasy sports platform is an online service that engages users to create their own virtual teams by choosing and selecting real-life athletes from various professional sports leagues and within the context of Indian diaspora Cricket is one of the dominant sports in this field of virtual gaming platform. The concept of fantasy sports is based on the idea of simulation games, where participants aim to create a best possible team to compete against others. These platforms provide various features and functions to enhance users experience and their engagement which includes live scoring updates, player news, injury reports, etc. where users are given expert analysis and advice also, they can interact with other users for achieving a best possible outcome.

Overall, it is a new and revolutionized concept of online gaming where the users having ‘gaming skills can make easy money through this platform. The purpose of this paper is to analysis the various outcomes and legality of “Fantasy Sports Platform”, thereof discussed in detail.