Local TV broadcasters are the early winners of legalized sports betting advertising
Fanduel and DraftKings accounted for 66% of all sports betting local TV ad buys in Q1.
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Vegas Golden Knights cancel partnership with sports betting pick-seller following intense backlash
Gambling experts lined up to bash this partnership from the jump.
Entercom is looking to launch a gambling-focused audio network, starting with stations in Denver and Los Angeles
If this launch goes well, Entercom might expand its sports gambling programming further.
Craig Carton to host gambling addiction show “Hello, My Name Is Craig” on WFAN
"Hello, My Name is Craig" will air every Saturday at 9:30 a.m. starting January 9.
Is Colin Cowherd gearing up for a move to Barstool Sports?
Colin appears to be moving back to Las Vegas, but what else is going on?
Charles Barkley says “I lost a fortune” on the Falcons in SB LI, calls loss against Cowboys “the biggest choke job”
Barkley "lost a fortune" on the Falcons in the Super Bowl, but thought their loss to the Cowboys was an even larger "choke job."
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."
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."
Flutter’s purchase of The Stars Group gives Fox an option to buy 18.5 percent of FanDuel Group in 2021
This deal has already boosted the value of Fox's Stars stake, and could lead to them getting a bigger stake in the new company.
Cowboys’ owner Jerry Jones makes ludicrous claim that legal wagering could boost NFL TV rights by 50 percent
"Gaming is going to make a big difference. I dare say that gaming will increase the value of television, of presenting our games, I dare say it will go up 50 percent because of the gaming concentration."
Daily Wager is shifting to ESPN2 and adding a Sunday show, while ESPNEWS is adding 24/7 betting graphics outside games
ESPN looks to be giving their gambling content even more prominence.
Disney acquired Fox’s stake in DraftKings despite Bob Iger’s comments about not facilitating gambling
Disney CEO Bob Iger said in February "I don’t see The Walt Disney Company, certainly in the near term, getting involved in the business of gambling, in effect, by facilitating gambling in any way." Well, they're doing so at the moment thanks to their stake in DraftKings.
FanDuel will stream tennis, Bundesliga in their betting app; could this start a U.S. trend?
FanDuel has become the first U.S. gambling provider to gain rights to stream games in its app, something common in Europe. Those rights are currently focused on tennis and German soccer, but bigger leagues could follow once some current exclusive TV deals expire.
