Sports betting

Sports betting is the activity of predicting sports results and placing a wager on the outcome.

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Fanatics Aims for ‘Comic Con for Sports’ With Live Events Business
Fanatics Aims for ‘Comic Con for Sports’ With Live Events Business
July 13, 2023  |  Connected Economy

Fanatics is adding live events to its business as it prepares to go public. The company’s Fanatics Event offering, announced Thursday (July 13), aims to...

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DraftKings Tries to Outbid Rival Fanatics in PointsBet Deal
DraftKings Tries to Outbid Rival Fanatics in PointsBet Deal
June 16, 2023  |  Acquisitions

Online sportsbook company DraftKings has made a last-minute bid to buy the U.S. business of betting firm PointsBet. The $195 million offer from the company...

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DraftKings Blows Past Q1 Revenue Record as More States Legalize Online Wagering
DraftKings Blows Past Q1 Revenue Record as More States Legalize Online Wagering
May 05, 2023  |  Earnings

Virtual sports betting is looking like a sure thing as DraftKings delivered a strong start to the year with more states legalizing online sportsbook (OSB)...

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UK Takes Aim at Problem Gambling With Proposed Regulation Updates
UK Takes Aim at Problem Gambling With Proposed Regulation Updates
April 27, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

The last time the U.K. issued gambling regulations, the iPhone hadn’t been invented. Since then, advances in technology and an increase in betting among the...

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Instant Payouts Essential to Growing Sports Betting Industry
Instant Payouts Essential to Growing Sports Betting Industry
April 06, 2023  |  Disbursements

Sports betting has always been big business in the U.S., although historically it has been mainly limited to shadowy corners of off-track establishments, bookies or...

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Super Bowl Bets Drive 82% Increase in RTP Gaming Payouts
Super Bowl Bets Drive 82% Increase in RTP Gaming Payouts
February 20, 2023  |  Payment Methods

Sports fans are adding real-time payments to their celebrations of the annual Super Bowl. On the Sunday and Monday immediately following this year’s big game,...

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Super Bowl Weekend a Touchdown for DraftKings
Super Bowl Weekend a Touchdown for DraftKings
February 17, 2023  |  Earnings

DraftKings was the No. 1 most downloaded sportsbook during Super Bowl LVII. That’s according to the sports betting company’s latest earnings call, where DraftKings’ Chief Executive...

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Record 20% of Americans Expected to Bet on Super Bowl
Record 20% of Americans Expected to Bet on Super Bowl
February 07, 2023  |  Faster Payments

Legalized sports betting means wagers on this year’s big game could be bigger than ever. “With the expansion of legal sports betting, traditional Super Bowl...

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Trustly Powers Real-Time Bank Account Payouts for Sportsbook Player Winnings
Trustly Powers Real-Time Bank Account Payouts for Sportsbook Player Winnings
February 07, 2023  |  Real-Time Payments

The Super Bowl is synonymous with a surge in online sports betting. Last year, Americans wagered around $7.6 billion overall on the event, according to the...

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