Daily fantasy sports sites agree to stop taking bets in NY (Yahoo Sports)

The nation's two largest daily fantasy sports websites have agreed to stop taking paid bets in New York through the end of baseball season, in September, as lawmakers consider legalizing the popular online contests, the state's attorney general announced Monday. ''As I've said from the start, my job is to enforce the law, and starting today, DraftKings and FanDuel will abide by it,'' Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in a statement. Schneiderman sued Boston-based DraftKings and New York-based FanDuel after sending them cease-and-desist letters last November, arguing they were essentially illegal gambling operations and violating state laws.