In a social media post on Thursday, Jon Aguiar, DraftKings’ peer-to-peer gaming director broke the news by saying: “Unfortunately, we’ve had to stop offering Pick6 in Maryland at this time, we hope this will change in the future.” As of Thursday, there was no indication of the fantasy game being halted in those jurisdictions.

The gaming option has been made available in 16 other states.

As a result, there are competitions that may be permitted under the DFS laws and regulations in other jurisdictions, but aren’t permitted here,” said Seth Elkin, the Maryland Lottery’s managing director of communications. “Maryland’s sports wagering law has a broad definition of wager types that are considered sports wagering as opposed to daily fantasy sports. It had been made available to Maryland bettors for about two weeks, but was stopped with regulators concluding that Pick6 represents a violation of state regulations. On Thursday, the state's lottery put a stop to a DraftKings pick 'em fantasy gaming option that had originally been approved by regulators.

The decision did not go the betting behemoth's way. The Maryland Lottery has made a decision on the availability of DraftKings Pick6 Fantasy Game, a peer-to-peer pick 'em style game that seems to be blurring the lines between traditional sports wagering and DFS gaming.

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