GameBlazers is a Free-to-Play platform that combines fantasy sports, video game mechanics, and digital collectibles into a single, cohesive fantasy sports product. Due to the Free-to-Play nature of the platform, anyone can create a GameBlazers account, regardless of their countries legal position on Fantasy Sports, Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS), or any other form of fantasy sports gaming.

GameBlazers currently offers two different contest types (Free-to-Play and Freeroll), and is seeking approval for the third (Paid-Entry) on a country-by-country, state-by-state, province-by-province basis.

The following are the current, and proposed, contest offerings and how they are defined:

• Free-to-Play: which are contests that neither require an entry fee, nor pay-out cash prizes to users.
• Freeroll: which are contests that do not require an entry fee, but do pay cash prizes to users.
  • GameBlazers takes the position that Freerolls are available in all the states listed below as there is no entry fee or consideration requirement. The platform is first and foremost free-to-play, and does not require any form of consideration for a user to start playing. We also have a Battle Pass mechanism that provides rewards to users just by playing and participating. 
• Paid-Entry: which are contests that do require an entry fee, and pay cash prizes to users.

United States

Free-to-Play Contests

GameBlazers currently offers Free-to-Play contests - defined as contests that neither require an entry fee, nor pay-out cash prizes to users. None of GameBlazers' Free-to-Play contests require monetary consideration or purchases in order to participate, therefore, do not require DFS licensing to operate legally, and are available in all fifty (50) US states.

Freeroll Contests

GameBlazers currently offers Freeroll contests - defined as contests which do NOT require an entry fee, but do pay cash prizes. In order to participate in Freeroll contests, users must first complete:

• Identity and Age Verification (KYC)
• Geolocation Verification
• Any State-Specific Requirements

Freeroll contests DO NOT REQUIRE a license in order to operate legally in the vast majority of US states. Fantasy and DFS regulation explicitly states that only contests that accept entry fees are required to be licensed at the state level. Therefore, because GameBlazers Freeroll contests do not accept entry fees, we are able to operate legally without individual state licenses, in all the states listed below. This has been corroborated on multiple occasions by individual state regulators.

Freeroll contests are not available to users unless they complete the above steps of:

1) Identity and Age Verification,

2) Geolocation verification, and

3) Any state-specific requirements.

Freeroll contests are geo-restricted and are limited to the following US States, plus Washington DC, listed below:

Alabama (AL), Alaska (AS), Arkansas (AR), California (CA), Colorado (CO), Washington DC (DC), Florida (FL), Georgia (GA), Illinois (IL), Indiana (IN), Kansas (KS), Kentucky (KY), Massachusetts (MA), Minnesota (MN), Mississippi (MS), Missouri (MO), Nebraska (NE), New Hampshire (NH), New Jersey (NJ), New Mexico (NM), New York (NY), North Carolina (NC), North Dakota (ND), Ohio (OH), Oklahoma (OK), Oregon (OR), Pennsylvania (PA), Rhode Island (RI), South Carolina (SC), South Dakota (SD), Tennessee (TN), Texas (TX), Utah (UT), Virginia (VA), West Virginia (WV), Wisconsin (WI), and Wyoming (WY).

• Out of an abundance of caution, GameBlazers does not operate Freerolls in the following states: Connecticut (CT), Hawaii (HI), Idaho (ID), Louisiana (LA), Montana (MT), Nevada (NV), Washington (WA). We have been advised by our legal team that we should not operate there without first receiving a license; either because they prohibit fantasy sports service providers until further notice, or because they have traditionally taken a hardline on all types of Fantasy and/or DFS gaming.   
• However, this does not prohibit users from these states from participating on GameBlazers, either by purchasing Packs, using the Marketplace, or participating in Free-to-Play Contests. The only actions that are restricted contest types for users from the above states are: Freeroll or Paid-Entry Contests.

Paid-Entry Contests

GameBlazers does NOT currently offers Paid-Entry contests - defined as contests which do require an entry fee, and do pay cash prizes. We have been advised by our legal counsel, as well as individual state regulators, that we should not offer this Contest Type until we have received explicit approval and licensing from all the Fantasy and DFS regulated US states.

Although GameBlazers does NOT currently offer Paid-Entry contests, in the future, when they do become available, in order for a user to participate in Paid-Entry contests, they must first complete:

• Identity and Age Verification (KYC)
• Geolocation Verification
• Any State-Specific Requirements

GameBlazers has already been approved for Paid-Entry contests in the following seven (7) US states:

• Alabama (AL)
• Colorado (CO)
• Indiana (IN)
• Missouri (MO)
• New Hampshire (NH)
• Tennessee (TN)
• Virginia (VA)

and is currently in the process of gaining approval from all additional state regulators to operate Paid-Entry contests. We have decided NOT to offer Paid Entry gaming in pre-approved states to ensure a uniform roll-out to eligible GameBlazers users at one-time.

International

Free-to-Play Contests

GameBlazers does currently offer Free-to-Play contests - defined as contests that neither require an entry fee, nor pay-out cash prizes - to International users. None of GameBlazers' Free-to-Play contests require monetary consideration or purchases in order to participate, therefore, do not require DFS licensing to operate legally, and are available everywhere.

Freeroll Contests

GameBlazers does NOT currently offer Freeroll contests - defined as contests that do not require an entry fee, but do pay-out cash prizes - to International users at this time. None of GameBlazers' Freeroll contests require monetary consideration or purchases in order to participate, however, we have been advised by our legal counsel to not offer Freeroll contests internationally without explicit approval on a country-by-country, state-by-state, province-by-province basis.

Paid-Entry Contests

GameBlazers does NOT currently offers Paid-Entry contests - defined as contests which do require an entry fee, and do pay cash prizes - to International users at this time. We have been advised by our legal counsel, to not offer Paid-Entry contests internationally without explicit approval on a country-by-country, state-by-state, province-by-province basis.

Jurisdictional Operation Chart - United States & International