The Ticker
By Boston Herald |
PUBLISHED: March 24, 2016 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: November 18, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.
AG to file daily fantasy sports regulations
Attorney General Maura Healey's office will file its final regulations for daily fantasy sports tomorrow, which will include consumer protection provisions that are largely the same as her draft regulations released last year, her office said.
The regulations are expected to include a ban on players under the age of 21, prohibit Bay State players­ from entering contests based on amateur sports, including college games, and impose a deposit limit for players.
The final regulations with have some small tweaks from the draft, Healey's office said, and were developed with the help of DraftKings and FanDuel.
Controversy over DraftKings and FanDuel erupted last year, prompting nearly every state in the country to examine the legality of daily fantasy sports. The companies agreed to stop paid contests in New York this week.
Ex-Teamster gets jail time for extortion
A former member of a Boston Teamsters local was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court to a year and a day in prison and ordered to pay more than $42,000 in connection with extorting businesses in Boston, according to U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz.
James E. Deamicis, also known as "Jimmy the Bull," 52, of Quincy, was convicted last November of extortion and conspiracy to commit extortion. A former member of Teamsters Local 82, he worked in the trade show and moving industries loading and unloading trucks.
Since 2007, prosecutors said, Deamicis and others extorted Boston hotels, event planners, catering companies, pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, music entertainment companies and nonprofit organizations, none of which had a collective bargaining agreement with Local 82. Deamicis threatened to picket and disrupt business, sometimes just hours before an event, if businesses didn't agree to pay him for what prosecutors said were unnecessary jobs.
Deamicis also fraudulently received $41,391 in unemployment­ insurance benefits that he was not entitled to, prosecutors said.
Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims.
Commerce Department releases durable goods for February.
Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates.
Commerce Department releases fourth-quarter gross domestic product.
Norwood-based marketing agency Cramer has hired Lindsay Nie, left, as its head of creative technology, a new position created as the firm continues to expand its work delivering unique, global brand experiences. Nie will lead critical components across all of Cramer's services, including events and conferences, activations, community and advocacy programs, mixed reality and campaigns.