Criminal inquiries into DraftKings Inc., the Boston-based fantasy sports website won’t be pursued by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, according to a statement the AG made during a Political Happy Hour event.
DraftKings along with industry rival FanDuel came under scrutiny this week when an employee of DraftKings inadvertently released sensitive in-house data and collected $350,000 in a second place win on rival FanDuel’s million-dollar fantasy contest. Allegedly, the data the employee had access to gave him an unfair advantage over other participants.
Healey said that she doesn’t see any problems with the operation, that no federal or state law prohibit DFS sites from operating, and DraftKings customers need not be concerned that they are breaking the law. …