ESPN will open a Las Vegas studio in 2020
It's another sign ESPN's commitment to sports betting content is here to stay.
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Fox Sports will debut gambling app Fox Bet this fall
As legalized sports betting continues to become more and more common across the United States, many media companies...
Sinclair CEO Chris Ripley wants to offer “pitch-by-pitch” prop bet abilities on their new RSNs
"If you're interested in gaming, we're going to add on extra stats, the ability to do prop bets in the game, pitch by pitch, play by play. You can play along and wager while you watch."
West Virginia has legalized sports betting, but a contract dispute will keep it offline for the first March Madness weekend
The management services provider for two West Virginia sports books and the state's online betting app is in a dispute with a third-party technology vendor, which means those books won't be able to offer early-round March Madness betting.
As part of gambling deal, MLB lineups will now go to commissioner’s office before being made public
This move means the league offices will see lineups no later than 15 minutes before the press and public do.
Caesars & Turner Sports partnering on Bleacher Report-branded studio in casino’s sportsbook
The writing has been on the wall for some time now that sports media and the gaming industry...
Al Michaels beautifully sneaks in an over/under reference during Chiefs-Bengals SNF
"56.5 is a number that a lot of the fans are thinking about right now."
Chris Simms & Adam Lefkoe bring gambling focus to new Bleacher Report NFL show
This is a big bet on gambling-focused content, including having Lefkoe go head to head with a fan.
FanDuel/Paddy Power plan to create sports gambling shows for TVG/TVG2/digital, but “not an infomercial for FanDuel”
“We are going to be investing heavily in content. There’s a lot of different formats we can distribute through and a lot of different channels.”
ESPN, FS1, and NBCSN are all reportedly looking into gambling-related shows to debut this year
Networks won't waste time in capitalizing on legal sports betting.
Five predictions for how the expansion of legalized sports betting might affect sports broadcasting
If this decision leads to more acceptance of gambling and more people betting on sports, that could create some big changes for sports broadcasts.
“You’re going to get smarter about looking at sports”: Chad Millman on moving to The Action Network from ESPN
"If I was ever going to leave ESPN, which I really wasn’t that interested in doing, it was going to be to do this content, this business."
Chernin Group launching subscription site dedicated to sports betting
Even with sports betting legal in only four states, there could be a robust market for the forthcoming site.
