Those closer to the southern border drive to Mesquite or Las Vegas. Residents in the Salt Lake City area drive to West Wendover, Nevada to play casino games. Utah residents do not need to travel far to find casinos.
There are no laws that regulate the contests and no opinion from a state attorney general on the topic. The games appear to fall under skill-based exceptions to gambling restrictions.
Daily fantasy sports contests are as close to legalized gambling that exists in Utah.
