Syde

“On one level, it's 'rah-rah, yes, let's do this,'” Rishi Nangia, a co-founder of Syde, a startup fantasy sports provider based in Arlington, Virginia, said of the efforts to make sure the business is considered legal. “But we know now that these ...

Fantasy sports site (Syde) player Scott Burlingame poses at his home in Aldie, Va. Smaller companies in the exploding fantasy sports industry say they could be shut out of doing business in some states by legislation that is actually intended to ...

Ryan Huss, left, and Rishi Nangia, co-founders of Syde, a fantasy sports platform, pose for a portrait in Washington. Smaller companies in the exploding fantasy sports industry say they could be shut out of doing business in some states by legislation ...

"On one level, it's 'rah-rah, yes, let's do this,"' Rishi Nangia, a co-founder of Syde, a startup fantasy sports provider based in Arlington, Virginia, said of the efforts to make sure the business is considered legal. "But we know now that these ...

"On one level, it's 'rah-rah, yes, let's do this,'" Rishi Nangia, a co-founder of Syde, a startup fantasy sports provider based in Arlington, Va., said of the efforts to make sure the business is considered legal. "But we know now that these companies ...

Scott Burlingame, a 33-year-old financial industry worker from Aldie, Virginia, figures he is ahead by about $100 in the eight months or so he has been using Syde. He has been playing daily fantasy sports in $5 contests where the winners make $9.