ESPN launches ‘responsible gaming campaign’ with Elle Duncan spot
“ESPN is taking an important approach to responsible gambling messaging, supported by behavioral science research."
“ESPN is taking an important approach to responsible gambling messaging, supported by behavioral science research."
ESPN Bet branding is coming to more of Penn's brick-and-mortar sportsbooks.
"We were doing the same thing with ESPN that we did with Barstool: we relied on the name and it didn’t work."
While ESPN Bet's financials don't set the world on fire, their customer base would be a nice addition to FanDuel's numbers
Penn stock jumped nearly 10% on the news.
The PGA Championship becomes the first men's golf major to establish an official sports betting sponsor.
"Our financial results were impacted by lower-than-expected hold and spend per user."
ESPN BET Live, the First Draft podcast, Unsportsmanlike Conduct, and Greeny will broadcast from the new book this week.
“Investors were bracing for a wide range of interactive losses, but the magnitude of the absolute dollar value is, we think, surprising."
Penn Entertainment, which owns and operates ESPN Bet, has purchased WynnBet's mobile sports gambling license in New York for $25 million.
"I'm also not surprised to see ESPN do this."
Penn Entertainment CEO Jay Snowden opened up about the company's partnership with ESPN and the launch of ESPN Bet.
After partnering with Penn Entertainment, we finally have a launch date for the brand new ESPN Bet sports betting platform.
"They should have bought DraftKings. They should have been on the ground floor."
ESPN is keeping betting analyst Erin Dolan around, inking her to a new long-term deal.
"If I have to lose money and pay for it for a month or two, fine, but we’ll get back to profitable."
"All of this put Barstool in a tough spot."
"The marketplace is changing … and I think Disney's desire to do something with ESPN is changing fast."
"You want to publicly narc on someone, you do it on f**king camera."
"It became obvious to both parties that there's quality to one long-term natural owner of Barstool, and that's Dave Portnoy."
Mintz was fired from Barstool in May, reportedly at the mandate of Penn.
DraftKings and FanDuel dominate the sports betting landscape. Is ESPN Bet too late to the game to catch up?
"Barstool has been a great partner and we are thankful to Dave Portnoy, Erika Ayers, Dan Katz and their team for helping to rapidly scale our digital footprint across 16 jurisdictions in the U.S. and introducing their audience to our retail and digital products."