Charles Barkley: In-game betting ‘is scary to me’
"If you're betting on who's going to score the next basket or if a guy's gonna make two free throws ... that's a lot."
"If you're betting on who's going to score the next basket or if a guy's gonna make two free throws ... that's a lot."
Al Michaels continued his long tradition of a wink and a nod at gambling lines, even though it's now publicly embraced by the NFL.
"This is a low point to me for ESPN as an organization."
Probably not the best week for this announcement.
The bill focuses on advertising, affordability and AI.
Fox host Kevin Wildes could be a very rich man today... if he only had a bit more faith in his family's 14-team NFL parlay from Week 1.
"The Panthers win this game outright."
ESPN's betting analyst giving out picks not on ESPN Bet only causes more questions around the longterm viability of the platform.
Manziel will offer insights, predictions and analysis on college football in his new podcast role.
"How are you going to celebrate a win, give everybody butterscotch candy?"
It's unclear if anything specific prompted this move, but it's the latest in a lot of wild NBA Awards discussion.
ESPN has added another sports betting analyst heading into football season.
Hours after FanDuel decided against a gaming tax surcharge, DraftKings did the same.
"One of the most refreshing things about watching the Olympics has been the total absence of gambling ads and discussion."
ESPN Bet branding is coming to more of Penn's brick-and-mortar sportsbooks.
The Big Ten first mandated injury reports two hours ahead of games in the 2023 season.
Purdum will continue reporting on all aspects of the sports betting industry.
"He really does epitomize what Las Vegas is and should be for sports talk radio."
A betting alternate broadcast on Sunday Ticket sounds like a likely possibility in the future.
"We were doing the same thing with ESPN that we did with Barstool: we relied on the name and it didn’t work."
VSiN is no longer under the DraftKings umbrella.
While ESPN Bet's financials don't set the world on fire, their customer base would be a nice addition to FanDuel's numbers
The deal is drawing comparisons to Penn Entertainment selling Barstool Sports back to Dave Portnoy.