Colorado lawmakers want to solve lack of oversight over daily fantasy sports sites

Another state is joining the daily fantasy sports regulation fray.

The issue of curtailing, regulating or banning pay-for-play fantasy sports leagues is being handled differently in each state. So far, there are at least eight states in which league operators are either outlawed or have pulled out over questions of legality.

Colorado, which is home to an estimated 800,000 fantasy sports players, has no specific restrictions over fantasy sports. Until last week, that is.

Lawmakers in Colorado introduced a bill that seeks to create a “Colorado Office of Fantasy Sports,” which will draft regulations that will make sure fantasy sports games are “played fair and square and not as a front for illegal gambling,” The Denver Post reported.