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| Mar 26, 2025 | Problem Gambling Awareness Month Highlights the Need for Safer Gambling Practices During March Madness | NV, UNITED STATES, March 26, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As millions of Americans enjoy and wager on March Madness, the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) saw fit to designate March as Problem Gambling Awareness Month. With sports b... |
| Feb 9, 2024 | Arkansans expected to bet big on Kansas City for Super Bowl | Data: Legal Sports Report; Chart: Axios Visuals
Pine Bluff's Saracen Casino Resort paid out $1.3 million on wagers placed on the 2023 Super Bowl. The casino expects bets on this year's game to almost double.
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| Jan 2, 2024 | 8 top sports-betting execs share their predictions for 2024, from the rise of AI to an acceleration in the growth of live betting | Media 8 top sports-betting execs share their predictions for 2024, from the rise of AI to an acceleration in the growth of live betting
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| Sep 14, 2023 | Athlete Investing Marketplace PredictionStrike Raises $10 Million Series A Round | Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) drops back to pass during the first half of an ... [+] NFL football game against the Detroit Lions Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)Copyright 2023 The Associ... |
| Aug 29, 2023 | Champions Round, a Gen-Z fantasy sports app that raised $10 million, is winding down and looking to sell its assets | A slide from Champions Round's recent pitch deck shows how the app works. Champions Round This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| Jun 26, 2023 | Sports Gambling Raises Fears College Athletes May Face Greater Risks Of Intimidation | LAS VEGAS, NV - The betting line and some of the nearly 400 proposition bets for a recent Super Bowl ... [+] are displayed at the Race & Sports SuperBook at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The newly reno... |
| May 18, 2023 | Fanatics' first big sports-betting acquisition could reignite M&A in the sector, as rumors fly and buyers 'smell blood in the water' | Fanatics has found its first big sports-betting acquisition in PointsBet. Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Fanatics This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| Mar 2, 2023 | 9 deals that could shape US sports betting this year, as pent-up demand for M&A could bring operators like Fanatics back to the negotiating table | Fanatics is a buyer to watch in sports betting. Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Fanatics This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| Sep 26, 2022 | Fanatics salaries revealed: How much the merch giant offers for tech and other jobs, as it expands into sports collectibles, betting, and more | Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin. Mike Coppola/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| Jul 24, 2022 | FanDuel To Launch ‘Watch And Wager’ 24-Hour TV Network Ahead Of 2022 Football Season | NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman speaks during the New Jersey Devils and FanDuel Media availability ... [+] press conference at the FanDuel Sportsbook at the New Meadowlands Racetrack. (Photo by Andy Marlin/NHLI via Getty Images) NHLI via Gett... |
| May 17, 2022 | Tusk Venture Partners just closed its third fund with $140M, double its predecessor fund | Tusk Venture Partners, the now six-year-old, New York-based early-stage venture firm co-founded by longtime political strategist Bradley Tusk, has closed its third fund with $140 million in capital commitments. That’s double the $70 million... |
| May 2, 2022 | Voice Activated Smart Radios Will Allow Drivers To Place Bets On Sporting Events | With SmartRadio drivers and passengers will soon be able place bets on live sporting events via ... [+] voice activation. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg © 2022 Bloomberg Finance LP |
| Feb 14, 2022 | Answers And Outcomes For Super Bowl LVI Props And Los Angeles Rams 23-20 Win | Los Angeles Rams nose tackle Greg Gaines (91) celebrates the tackle of Cincinnati Bengals ... [+] quarterback Joe Burrow (9) during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl 56 football game Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. The Los A... |
| Jan 14, 2022 | NFL Wild Card Weekend Betting Explodes In New York For Bills And Patriots Playoff Game | Orchard Park, NY - December 6: Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (17) straight arms New England ... [+] Patriots defensive end Deatrich Wise (91) as he escapes pressure during the fourth quarter. The Buffalo Bills host the New England Pa... |
| Nov 18, 2021 | STN Video Launches Hosted Sports Betting Site Enabling Publishers to Expand Betting Coverage and Revenue | STN Bets helps publishers leverage the growing trend of interest in, and legalization of, sports betting without having to dedicate time, resources and expenses to satisfy user demand! Benefits include:
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| Oct 12, 2021 | Online Sports Betting Industry Projected to Grow From $9.5 Billion Last Year To $37 Billion In 2025 | PALM BEACH, Fla., Oct. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- FinancialNewsMedia.com News Commentary - Despite shortened seasons, canceled tournaments, and low sports programming viewership in 2020, online sports betting thrived in the U.S. According to ... |
| Oct 8, 2021 | Bradley Tusk is seizing the moment: ‘We’re investing, we’re incubating, we’ve got SPACs’ | Whether or not we’re at some kind of tipping point right now, venture investors, old and new, have done very well in recent years, with their limited partners notching the biggest gains in decades.
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| Jul 30, 2021 | SCOTT GALLOWAY: Robinhood may seem like a roaring success, but 5 red flags make its business model unstable | Vlad Tenev, cofounder of Robinhood. Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images, Brendan McDermid/Reuters
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| Jul 20, 2021 | Sportsbook Software Allows Anyone to Become an Oddsmaking Bookie | Patrick Jones, Tech Times 20 July 2021, 08:07 pm
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| Jul 14, 2021 | Expansion in the United States Would Be a Buy Signal for Score Media and Gaming | July 14, 2021 4 min read This story originally appeared on MarketBeat
Score Media and Gaming (NASDAQ:SCR) is a relative unknown in the sports betting field. That is, unless you live in Canada. There the company is the leading sports betting... |
| Jun 23, 2021 | Daily funding roundup - June 22nd, 2021 | Gloat raised $57M; Sporttrade landed $36M; Majority secured $19M, Coinme picks up $10M
G2: G2 is a Chicago-based software marketplace that features peer reviews that help simplify the buying process. G2 raised $157 million in Series D fundi... |
| Jun 15, 2021 | DraftKings stock falls after Hindenburg Research warns of ‘black market’ link | More On: draftkings
ESPN explores sports-betting deal worth at least $3B Golden Nugget shares soar 50% after $1.56 billion DraftKings deal What ex-ESPN star’s $50M DraftKings deal means for sports media’s future DraftKings is expanding its ... |
| Jun 15, 2021 | DraftKings stock falls after Hindenburg Research warns of ‘black market’ link | More On: draftkings
DraftKings could lose big if this player wins MVP Barstool star leaves company after public contract negotiations New York mobile sports betting operators have lost $200M, analyst claims New York just became the sports b... |
| Jun 7, 2021 | 6 career options for ex-founders seeking their next adventure | David Teten Contributor
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| May 18, 2021 | Gambling On Las Vegas, Gaming Seems Like A Good Bet | Nearly everyone loves to bet. It's one of the reasons online brokerages like Robinhood took off during the depths of the pandemic. |
| May 14, 2021 | False Fears Over Florida Sports Betting Constitutionality Created A Bigger Legal Problem: A Federally Defective Gambling Compact | One of the main selling points of the new Florida gaming compact—which gives the Seminole Tribe of Florida complete control over all legal sports betting statewide (including all bets placed on mobile devices and at licensed pari-mutuel fac... |
| Mar 26, 2021 | Is GNOG Stock a Golden Opportunity or Fool’s Gold? | March 26, 2021 min read This story originally appeared on MarketBeat
Despite what was largely seen as a solid first earnings report after going public, shares of Golden Nugget Online Gaming (NASDAQ:GNOG) are down 14% in the last five tradin... |
| Feb 24, 2021 | Meet Smash Ventures, the low-flying outfit that has quietly funded Epic Games among others | When in 2018, Smash Ventures showed up as an investor in a $1.25 billion round for Epic Games — reportedly the largest ever investment in a video game company at the time — it was the first time many had heard of the investing outfit.
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| Feb 4, 2021 | FanDuel CEO Matt King Discusses Super Bowl, New York Legal Sports Betting Market, Possibly Going Public | FanDuel CEO Matt King discussed the booming growth of legal sports betting in the U.S., including in ... [+] this photo at the FanDuel Sportsbook at the Meadowlands Racetrack in New Jersey, the gold rush as it expands to other states like N... |
| Jan 29, 2021 | BetMGM Bettor Wagers $2.3 Million On Tampa Bay Buccaneers In Super Bowl 55 | TAMPA, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 29: Travis Kelce #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs attempts to gain extra ... [+] yardage against Lavonte David #54 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fourth quarter during their game at Raymond James Stadium on Novemb... |
| Jan 23, 2021 | Odds Are Chiefs And Packers Will Prevail In 2021 NFL Conference Championship Games | TAMPA, FLORIDA - OCTOBER 18: Ndamukong Suh #93 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers eyes Aaron Rodgers #12 of ... [+] the Green Bay Packers during the third quarter at Raymond James Stadium on October 18, 2020 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrma... |
| Jan 8, 2021 | Are The Bills Going To Stampede The Colts On Super Wild Card Weekend? Most Bettors Believe In Buffalo | ORCHARD PARK, NY - JANUARY 03: Josh Allen #17 of the Buffalo Bills looks to throw a pass during a ... [+] game against the Miami Dolphins at Bills Stadium on January 3, 2021 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Timothy T Ludwig/Getty Images... |
| Oct 1, 2020 | Bullpen Capital raises $130 million more to fund the far afield and misunderstood | Bullpen Capital, a now 10-year-old, venture fund in San Francisco that focuses on what it calls post-seed investing — it backs startups that have already raised up to $5 million and “aren’t quite ready for a $10 million check but another $5... |
| Sep 26, 2020 | Bettors Not Supporting 0-2 NFL Teams In Week 3 Despite Profitable Returns | ARLINGTON, TEXAS - SEPTEMBER 20: Dak Prescott #4 of the Dallas Cowboys looks for an open receiver ... [+] against Deion Jones #45 of the Atlanta Falcons in the third quarter at AT&T Stadium on September 20, 2020 in Arlington, Texas. (Ph... |
| Sep 17, 2020 | 2020 U.S. Open Betting Odds: Favorites, Props And Picks To Win At Winged Foot | Xander Schauffele plays a shot off the 12th tee during practice for the U.S. Open Championship golf ... [+] tournament at Winged Foot Golf Club, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Mamaroneck, N.Y. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)ASSOCIATED PRESS |
| Apr 19, 2020 | Bettors Taking Notice Of Las Vegas Raiders Need To Score A Touchdown In 2020 NFL Draft | LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 29: An Oakland Raiders flag is shown during the team's 2017 NFL Draft event ... [+] at the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign on April 29, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. National Football League owners voted in March to ap... |
| Feb 27, 2020 | Vegas Golden Knights Stanley Cup Favorite After 3-0 Shutout Of Oilers | LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - FEBRUARY 26: Leon Draisaitl #29 of the Edmonton Oilers skates with the puck ... [+] under pressure from Zach Whitecloud #2 of the Vegas Golden Knights in the third period of their game at T-Mobile Arena on February 26, 2... |
| Sep 17, 2019 | Stat Shark Brings Wall Street-Style Analytics To Daily Fantasy Sports | Stat Shark offers Wall Street-level analytics to daily fantasy sports.Stat Shark |
| Aug 13, 2019 | NFL Expands Data Partnership With Sportradar, Taking First Major Step Toward Legalized Gambling | The NFL has worked with Sportradar since 2015, but yesterday announced an extension of its data deal ... [+] with the Swiss company that will shape how the company handles its gambling related game data with betting providers. (Photo by Jon... |
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| Jan 18, 2019 | FanDuel co-founder Tom Griffiths just closed a seed round for his decidedly noncontroversial new startup, Hone | Tom Griffiths has founded four companies, two of which “weren’t much to write home about,” he jokes. The third captured the world’s attention: FanDuel, the fantasy sports company that was routinely in the press — not always for desirable re... |
| Dec 19, 2018 | Media companies are launching new shows and services to cash in on the sports gambling boom | Illustration: Rebecca Zisser/Axios
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| Nov 6, 2018 | Gambling On The Ballot: Arkansas And Louisiana Voters Deciding Future Of Sports Betting And DFS | Arkansas voters will decide on Issue 4, a proposed constitutional amendment that could pave the way... [+] for legalized sports betting across the state. Voters in six states will decide on gambling measures on Election Day. (Photo by Ethan... |
| Jul 10, 2018 | The cruel truth about how much money two founders will likely get after selling their startup for $465 million reveals the catch-22 of raising too much money | Michael J. LeBrecht II /Sports Illustrated/Getty Images
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| Jul 5, 2018 | FanDuel Founders & Staff Will Get Nothing From Sale | US sports site, Legal Sports Report claims it has the offer to the shareholders for the ‘merger‘ of Scottish tech unicorn FanDuel, to the betting company Paddy Power, which show that ordinary share holders, which include the company’s curre... |
| May 16, 2018 | Irish bookmaker Paddy Power confirms takeover talks with fantasy sports company FanDuel after landmark US ruling | Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for FanDuel
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| May 16, 2018 | The $8.8 billion UK gambling giant that owns Paddy Power and Betfair is considering buying FanDuel | Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images
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UK-based gambling conglomerate Paddy Power Betfair is considering buying FanDuel, according to multiple reports.
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| Jan 7, 2018 | DraftKings is testing a fantasy contest focused on a single NFL game | A few days ago DraftKings announced an NFL product called Showdown, which lets you play in a fantasy football contest centered around just a single football game.
This means that all your players will be drafted from just the two teams play... |
| Aug 20, 2017 | This Week In Sports Law: Ezekiel Elliott Appeal, Mayweather-McGregor Streams, NFL Footwear | Ezekiel Elliott of the Dallas Cowboys is trying to reduce or eliminate his 6 game appeal. (Photo by... [+] Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) |
| Apr 4, 2017 | Tusk Ventures quietly held a first close on $25 million for its debut fund | Bradley Tusk is a former political operative who currently runs a consultancy that helps Fortune 500 companies launch political-style campaigns, as well as a separate outfit, Tusk Ventures, that that focuses on helping startups do the same.... |
| Feb 12, 2017 | Political strategist Bradley Tusk on his fast rise in Silicon Valley | Bradley Tusk has long been known in political circles. He was once deputy governor of Illinois, working for the now-incarcerated former governor Rod Blagojevich. He also worked for Michael Bloomberg during one of his tenures as mayor of New... |
| Dec 11, 2016 | WTF is daily fantasy sports? | If you’ve watched or been to a professional sports game in the past year you’ve no doubt seen advertisements for daily fantasy sports companies like DraftKings and FanDuel.
In just a few years the industry has become the hottest thing in th... |
| Nov 18, 2016 | It's official: FanDuel and DraftKings are becoming one | The company will be run by DraftKings CEO Jason Robins, with FanDuel CEO Nigel Eccles as Chairman
After months of rumors and speculation that FanDuel and Draftkings were getting ready to combine forces, the two companies have finally made i... |
| Oct 26, 2016 | FanDuel, DraftKings Settle NY Lawsuit, Ending Yearlong Legal Battle | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
DraftKings and FanDuel have each agreed to pay $6 million to the state of New York to settle allegations of false and deceptive advertising, clearing the final legal hurdle in... |
| Jun 14, 2016 | Why a potential DraftKings and FanDuel merger would make sense | DraftKings and FanDuel are in talks regarding a potential merger, according to a new report from Bloomberg.
While the companies have been in discussions for a few months, the report notes that no final transaction has been agreed to and the... |
| Jun 3, 2016 | FanDuel on Creating A New Fantasy Sports Product | FanDuel plans to launch a new variant of its daily fantasy sports product in the UK this summer, according to a recent interview with CEO Nigel Eccles. (read more about it here) |
| May 22, 2016 | How FanDuel grew from humble Scottish startup into an American fantasy sports giant | The daily fantasy sports (DFS) industry has taken one hell of a beating these past seven months, with states from New York and Illinois to Nevada concluding that “betting” on virtual sports teams compiled from real pro and college athletes ... |
| May 22, 2016 | How FanDuel grew from humble Scottish startup into an American fantasy sports giant | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
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| Feb 29, 2016 | Boston Tech Watch: Telehealth, Fantasy Sports, Cleantech, More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
This week in Boston tech, we’re tracking a win for DraftKings and the daily fantasy sports industry, a pair of cleantech announcements, Wayfair’s rapid expansion, and more. Re... |
| Nov 21, 2015 | The NBA, Turner Sports, Visa, PayPal, others face lawsuit over daily fantasy sports | The National Basketball Association (NBA) and major sports, media, and tech companies are facing a class action lawsuit over their investment in and/or involvement with daily fantasy sports sites DraftKings and FanDuel. It’s alleged that Dr... |
| Dave Portnoy slashes price on Hamptons mansion by nearly $3M as he buys back Barstool for $1 | More On: on the money
Online ‘pawn shop’ Worthy ripped for using ‘female empowerment’ to sell used wedding rings Hamptons ‘middle class’ homes priced below $5M slammed in selling frenzy UPenn chairman faces no-confidence vote after antisemi... |
| Sports-betting power players: Meet the 27 top executives pushing the US gambling industry forward in 2021 | Adam Greenblatt, Sara Slane, Adi Dhandhania, and Jason Robins. BetMGM; Courtesy of Sara Slane; Courtesy of Adi Dhandhania; DraftKings; Shayanne Gal/Insider This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and st... |
| Fanatics hires finance chief for sports-betting division before January launch | Fanatics has hired Andrea Ellis to be chief financial officer of its Sports Betting and Gaming Division.
Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin says the company will launch sports betting in January.
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| DraftKings tests a subscription service as it looks to offset high New York taxes | Sign up today for the new CNBC Sport Newsletter
DraftKings is testing out a subscription service for select customers in New York, as it tries to offset the state’s high gaming taxes.
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| 10 sports-betting startups that top investors say are poised to take off as sportsbooks fight for market share | Clockwise from top left, Jeremy Levine at Underdog Fantasy; Kevin Garnett and Jaymee Messler at Gaming Society; Jeremy Stein at SportsGrid; and Anna Sainsbury and David Briggs at GeoComply David "Gambi" Gamboa; Jean Baptiste Lacro... |
| Here’s where sports betting is legal, and the 19 states set to vote on it this year | Nineteen states will decide whether to legalize sports betting this year, either through voter referendum or state legislature statute.
If every state votes yes, that would more than double the amount of states that have legalized.
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| Sports-betting brands doubled down on TV ads during the recent NFL season. Here's what they spent. | Odell Beckham Jr. injured his knee in the Super Bowl. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Images This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| The top US sports-betting targets and buyers to watch in 2022, as Fanatics enters the fray and challenger brands take on DraftKings and FanDuel | Michael Rubin. Mike Coppola/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
The M&A boom in US sports betting could pick up speed in 2022.
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| DraftKings stock is surging on news that it narrowed losses and reined in marketing spend | DraftKings CEO Jason Robins. REUTERS/Mike Segar
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