ESPN debuting ‘Bet’, a digital gambling show produced at new Vegas studio
ESPN is also launching a gambling-focused YouTube channel to collect sports betting segments from across ESPN programming.
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Longtime World Poker Tour commentator Mike Sexton dies at 72
Sexton was a Hall of Fame poker player, and worked as a broadcaster for over a decade.
Howie Long will contribute sports gambling content to Fox Bet
Long will join Terry Bradshaw in making picks on the free-to-play FOX Bet Super 6 app each week. He'll also provide other gambling-focused analysis to Fox Bet and Fox digital platforms.
Rob Perez, AKA “WorldWideWob,” joins FanDuel as 2020 NBA Playoffs tip off
“I have always had this vision of a late-night NBA show."
Aubrey Levy talks theScore’s esports success during the North American sports pause and their new “Sports Are Back” betting campaign
"There was a period where there wasn't a lot of sports on, and that brought and amplified the spotlight to a bunch of other types of media and content."
NBA now offering alternate gambling-focused broadcasts of select games
NBABet Stream aims to cater to an audience mainly watching for gambling purposes.
Cousin Sal has started his own sports media company focused on gambling
Cousin Sal is branching out on his own.
Barstool sells minority stake to casino group Penn National in a deal valuing them at $450 million
After a few weeks of rumors, a deal is finally official.
Legalized gambling doesn’t seem to be boosting NFL ratings yet, with operators “yet to scratch the surface with those casual bettors”
"As the sports gambling market matures and you have more [casual] people coming in, it will be those people who will tune in more often and for longer. There are early signs that that will be the case. But you’re not going to see that at the moment."
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With Barstool in “advanced talks” to sell to Penn National Gaming, Dave Portnoy says “We continue to speak or have spoken with everyone”
"I think that if we aligned ourselves with one company with a shared vision that company would have an extraordinary advantage in the race to becoming the leading gambling company in the United States."
Geoff Reiss talks Yahoo Sportsbook launch and building from a limited start: “This is going to be very much a crawl-walk-run thing.”
"The two things that we are best at, fantasy and being able to connect fans with their favorite teams, are the two drivers that drive the sports betting industry. That makes us a very important player here."
The Chernin Group is reportedly exploring a sale of Barstool Sports to a gambling operator, with talks in “advanced stages”
No deal has been signed yet, but it's interesting to see Chernin discussing selling at least part of their stake in Barstool.
