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FILE - Minnesota Vikings' Alexander Mattison is shown during the first half of an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, in Seattle. Mattison and the Vikings had just taken a tough loss earlier this season when the veteran running back checked his social media accounts and found dozens of hateful and racist messages directed toward him in relative digital anonymity.(AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

NFL players face pressure as never before, in the digital-age surge of betting and fantasy

The intensity of NFL fandom that increased with the surge of fantasy football has spiked further in the age of online betting.

Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford throws the ball against the Baltimore Ravens during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Fantasy plays: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 15

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts scores the game winning touchdown against the Buffalo Bills during overtime in an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Fantasy plays: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 13

Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields (1) is pressured during the second half of an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

Fantasy plays: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 12

CORRECTS TO DETROIT LIONS HEAD COACH DAN CAMPBELL NOT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS HEAD COACH DAN CAMPBELL - Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell, right, talks to quarterback Jared Goff (16) during the second half an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Chargers, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Fantasy plays: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 11

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Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud reacts after scoring on a 2-point conversion against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)

Fantasy plays: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 10

Houston quarterback C.J. Stroud will be difficult to keep out of lineups after his 40-point effort in Week 9.

Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence (16) passes the ball during an NFL football game between Jacksonville Jaguars and Buffalo Bills at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium in London, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Ian Walton)

Fantasy plays: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 6

Jacksonville’s Trevor Lawrence delivered a fine line last week, but he has only one game inside the top 12 at the position.

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) passes against the Arizona Cardinals during the second half of an NFL football game in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Fantasy plays: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 5

The 49ers’ Brock Purdy is one of the safest quarterbacks in fantasy. Fantasy-wise, he’s finished 10th, 23rd, 13th, and 11th among quarterbacks through four weeks.

Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence (16) scrambles as he is pressured by Kansas City Chiefs cornerback L'Jarius Sneed (38) and linebacker Nick Bolton (32) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Fantasy plays: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 3

Jacksonville’s Trevor Lawrence struggled last week, completing 53.7% of his passes and garnering just 9.2 fantasy points.

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott throws during the first half of an NFL football game against the New York Giants, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Fantasy plays: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 2

Dallas’ Dak Prescott didn’t have a great fantasy game in Week 1, but the Cowboys didn’t need him to do much in a 40-0 blowout.

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes warms up before the start of an NFL preseason football game against the Cleveland Browns Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Fantasy plays: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 1

Dak Prescott may not throw as much with Kellen Moore in Los Angeles, but Prescott’s stellar efficiency (second with a 52.2% pass success rate) is more than enough to warrant a start in an average matchup.

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett passes against the Atlanta Falcons during the first half of a preseason NFL football game Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Hakim Wright)

Fantasy plays: Steelers’ Pickett, Saints’ Carr among late-round QB sleepers

Everybody who participates loves good fantasy football value. And while they’re not always easy to find, one place where we can really look for big hits is at quarterback.

Atlanta Falcons running back Bijan Robinson (7) does drills during a joint practice with the Miami Dolphins at the NFL football team's training facility, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Fantasy plays: Falcons’ Robinson, Lions’ Gibbs among top NFL rookie options

Every year, the NFL draft supplies the league with new and exciting players to watch. For fantasy football, sometimes those rookies can help take your teams to the top.

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson gestures during the first half of an NFL preseason football game against the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Fantasy plays: Colts’ Richardson, Broncos’ Sutton among top sleeper picks

There aren’t many better feelings in fantasy football than setting your draft queue full of players you want to target in the middle and late rounds and then having some of those sleeper players lead your team to fantasy glory.

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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) scrambles in the second half of an NFL football game against the Washington Commanders in Santa Clara, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

FANTASY PLAYS: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 17

Another season of fantasy football, another group of start-or-sit scenarios to answer.

It’s not just enough to draft the right team and make the right moves off the waiver wire.

FILE - Slot machines in the casino are seen during a preview tour of the MGM National Harbor, Friday, Dec. 2, 2016 in Oxon Hill, Md. Maryland raised a record-breaking $1.5 billion for the state from gambling revenue in the last fiscal year, the lottery announced Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Maryland gambling revenue sets new record in fiscal year

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland raised a record $1.5 billion for the state from gambling revenue in the last fiscal year, the lottery announced Monday.

Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout (27) celebrates in the dugout after scoring off of a single hit by Jared Walsh during the first inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays in Anaheim, Calif., Tuesday, May 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

On the hook: Angels’ Trout still fantasy commish, for now

Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout says he’s talked to Cincinnati outfielder Tommy Pham and San Francisco outfielder Joc Pederson about their fantasy football dispute.

Yankees ask entire 2nd Circuit to keep Manfred letter sealed

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees asked all 13 judges of the 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to reverse a three-judge panel’s decision to unseal a letter from baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to general manager Brian Cashman detailing an investigation into sign stealing.

New York’s top court rules in favor of fantasy sports bets

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s highest court ruled Tuesday that fantasy sports contests like those run by FanDuel and DraftKings are allowed under the state constitution, turning back a challenge to the popular games.

New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman exits the team cafeteria at the spring training baseball facility, Sunday, March 13, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Appeals court orders Manfred letter to Yankees unsealed

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals panel has affirmed a lower court’s decision to unseal a letter from baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to Yankees general manager Brian Cashman detailing an investigation into sign stealing.

Pennsylvania set state record for gambling revenue in 2021

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania set another annual record for gambling revenue in the era of online gambling and sports betting, state regulators said, reporting that casinos and other operators won more than $4.7 billion from gamblers in calendar year 2021 in one of the nation’s largest commerc

Arizona sports betting revenue off to soft start

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s general fund collected just over $1.3 million in taxes during the first two months of legalized sports betting, far below the high expectations set by Gov.

Arizona collects over $1,500 in fantasy sports tax in August

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona collected just under $1,600 in tax revenue during the first four days of fantasy sports contests after they became legal in August.

Another fantasy sports betting firm gets Louisiana license

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A second company is receiving a state license to run fantasy sports betting operations in the nearly three-quarters of Louisiana parishes where voters authorized the activity.

Tennessee sports betting panel picks executive director

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A panel that regulates sports betting in Tennessee has selected an executive director.

Fantasy sports contests go live in Arizona on Saturday

PHOENIX (AP) — Fantasy sports fans can legally bet on the contests starting Saturday in Arizona, a state that was among one of the last holdouts to allow wagers and the collection of winnings on the popular online pastime.

FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2018, file photo, gamblers place bets in the temporary sports betting area at the SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia. State regulators said Monday, July 19, 2021, that Pennsylvania smashed its record for gambling revenue, reporting nearly $3.9 billion in the last fiscal year as every category of wagering showed growth in one of the nation's largest casino and gambling states. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Pennsylvania smashes record for gambling revenue in a year

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania smashed its record for gambling revenue, state regulators said Monday, reporting nearly $3.9 billion in the last fiscal year as every category of wagering showed growth in one of the nation’s largest casino and gambling states.

Louisiana’s first fantasy sports betting license approved

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana gambling regulators Thursday backed the state’s first license for fantasy sports betting, paving the way for DraftKings to launch its operations in the 47 parishes where voters authorized the gaming activity nearly three years ago.

Provisional state licenses OK’d for fantasy sports operators

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The state Department of Consumer Protection on Thursday issued short-term provisional licenses to operators of fantasy sports contests, an industry that first voiced concern back in May that Connecticut’s new licensing system wouldn’t be ready for the upcoming NFL season.

Senate passes sports betting, gambling bill; sends to Lamont

A long-awaited gambling expansion bill cleared the Connecticut Senate late Tuesday, moving the state closer toward finally legalizing sports betting and online wagering after years of debate and failed negotiations with the state’s two federally recognized tribal nations.

Fantasy sports industry says bill will put games on hold

Thousands of Connecticut residents who play fantasy sports for money using online companies could be sidelined for the upcoming NFL season if legislation moving through the state General Assembly becomes law, the industry is warning.

Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, right, talks with Dr. Damon R. Clarke, left, Chairman of the Hualapai Tribe, after a bill signing allowing a major expansion of sports betting in Arizona at an event at the Heard Museum Thursday, April 15, 2021, in Phoenix. The measure approved by the Legislature adds additional types of table games at tribal casinos and for the first time allows sports betting under licenses issued to tribes and pro sports teams. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Feds OK new Arizona tribal casino and sports betting deal

PHOENIX (AP) — Gambling on sporting events and online fantasy sports betting became legal in Arizona on Monday, along with a host of new gambling options at tribal casinos, after the U.S.

Surrounded by Arizona legislators, Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey speaks at a bill signing allowing a major expansion of sports betting in Arizona at an event at the Heard Museum Thursday, April 15, 2021, in Phoenix. The measure approved by the Legislature adds additional types of table games at tribal casinos and for the first time allows sports betting under licenses issued to tribes and pro sports teams. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Arizona governor signs bill legalizing sports betting

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill Thursday that allows a major expansion of gambling, providing a potential revenue windfall for the state and for tribes that will be allowed to boost their gambling offerings.