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ESPN Bet could soon challenge US market leaders Draftkings and FanDuel according to Truist’s nationwide survey focused on consumer preferences. Data collected by Truist Securities analysts in their 2024 Interactive Gaming Survey shows that Penn Entertainment’s ESPN Bet gaming brand has the potential to take on the big two. According to Truist, it is ESPN’s
The Tar Heel State has released its first week’s sports betting figures, with a total handle already nearing a quarter of a billion dollars. The North Carolina State Lottery Commission has plenty of reasons to celebrate with over $198m wagered in the first week of sports betting, starting on Monday 11 March. Detailed numbers have
Georgia’s House Higher Education Committee passed a package of sports betting bills that ultimately could send at least $22.5m per year to problem and responsible gambling programmes should the state legalise mobile wagering later today. Today (28 March) Georgia’s General Assembly is set to adjourn by 11.59pm EST. The Higher Education Committee passed amended versions
Georgia’s General Assembly went to the brink Thursday (28 March) night, and still, it didn’t legalise sports betting. In fact, the package of bills that got through the Senate in less than three weeks never even got in front of the full House for consideration. Two amended legal sports betting bills — a constitutional amendment
Fanatics Betting and Gaming (FBG) has announced the launch of its Fanatics Sportsbook in Kansas, replacing PointsBet with immediate effect. Players in Kansas can now download the Fanatics Sportsbook and begin placing sports bets. Existing PointsBet customers will have their information automatically migrated to the new Fanatics Sportsbook. This includes their username, password, account balance
If the Georgia General Assembly is to become the first in 2024 to legalise sports betting, it will have 15 hours, 59 minutes to do so, beginning at 8 a.m. EST Thursday (28 March). The House Higher Education Committee today (27 March) failed to vote on a package of bills that would legalise statewide mobile
Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani Monday (25 March) vehemently denied that he ever bet on sports, sent money to an illegal bookmaker or “willfully” paid off gambling debts for anyone during a press conference at the Dodgers facility regarding the sports betting scandal swirling around his former interpreter. The comments were in response to
A former DraftKings employee has accused the company of “aggressive smearing” of his reputation in a response to attempts to block him from working with Fanatics. Michael Hermalyn worked at DraftKings as senior vice-president of both its business development and growth departments, spending three and a half years with the company. Hermalyn then departed for
Welcome to iGB’s State of the Union, a look at the biggest sports betting stories we’ve covered this week and briefs on others we found interesting. As the world of sports betting continues move at warp speed, we’re doing our best to keep up, and keep you in the know. Cavaliers coach: Gambler threatened me
