NY Sports Betting Firms Spend Aggressively Despite 51% Tax Rate
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Metaverse, AR and Women Top 2022’s Sports Tech Investment Trends
Today’s guest columnist is Meredith McPherron, CEO and managing partner of Drive by DraftKings. Necessity is the mother of invention, and over the past two years during…
Wild PlayUp Case Shows Blockchain-Gambling Convergence on Horizon
PlayUp, an Australia-based sports betting operator with licenses in New Jersey and Colorado, recently filed a restraining order against its former U.S. CEO, Laila…
NFL Home Advantage Is AWOL, but Oddsmakers Aren’t Buying It: Data Viz
It’s easy to chalk up many societal trends of the past two years to the pandemic: Americans fleeing from cities to suburbs, a momentary feeling of mild unease…
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Genius Sports, Canadian Football League Ink Equity-for-Tech Pact
Genius Sports is receiving equity in the Canadian Football League as part of a wider data and technology partnership aimed at growing the CFL’s presence globally. Under…
Sporticast: Yahoo’s Jo Lambert Talks 900 Million Users, Sports Betting Aims
On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams chat with Jo Lambert, president and general manager of consumer at Yahoo, about the company…
Maryland, PointsBet Sign Latest NCAA Sports Betting Partnership
The University of Maryland has entered into a multi-year sports betting deal with PointsBet, the latest partnership between a sportsbook and a top-tier college sports…
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Baron Davis, Paul George Back ‘Discord for Sports Betting’
Back in 2019, Ted Mauze’s group chat was heavy on sports betting conversation. He and his high school friends would text nightly about games and lines, place wagers…
Sporticast: College Football Coaches Getting Paid, MLB Work Stoppage
On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including a wild few days…
DraftKings CEO Talks New York Tax and the ‘Kind of Players We Want’
On Tuesday, DraftKings CEO Jason Robins spoke at a gaming summit hosted by Canaccord Genuity. Touching on a series of topics concerning his company (Nasdaq: DKNG)…
Sports Betting Correction Sees Investors Shift as Market Matures
U.S. sports betting stocks have struggled for most of 2021. DraftKings (Nasdaq: DKNG), Penn National Gaming (Nasdaq: PENN) and PointsBet Holdings (OTC: PBTHF) are all…
FanDuel, Genius Sports Expand Partnership for NFL Products
FanDuel, the largest online sportsbook in the U.S., is expanding its relationship with Genius Sports to include access to official National Football League gambling…
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