As a result of the agreement, Bleacher Report will create premium football content and highlights, through its B/R Football vertical, featuring both the men’s and women’s national team alongside America’s top division. The content will be directed towards the MLS and U.S Soccer’s demographic, which is the youngest fan base in North America, according to the release.
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PointsBet has added a further string to its US sporting bow after announcing a multi-year content and marketing partnership with the PGA Tour that designates the firm as an ‘Official Betting Operator’.
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MLB took first in the top-ten list on Bodog, capturing 34.17% of the bets. It was, by far, the most popular target for sports gamblers, with the second-place NHL only seeing 17.14% of the wagers. Also getting a piece of bettors’ money was the UEFA Champions League, with 5.71%, PGA’s Wyndham Championship (4.21%) and the WNBA, with 2.93%. Table tennis, which helped sportsbooks survive the coronavirus pandemic, still manages to stay in the upper rankings, and saw 2.67% of the action.
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NBA SVP/Head of Fantasy and Gaming Scott Kaufman-Ross describes first step into live betting content
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Daily fantasy sports companies like FanDuel and DraftKings must pay federal excise tax on their entry fees, the IRS has decided, in an internal memo that could cause a major shakeup in the industry.
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Less than three weeks before the scheduled start of the 2020-21 college football season, the Colorado sports betting market is still reeling from a major setback on Tuesday when two Power 5 conferences postponed the fall sports schedule for the remainder of the calendar year.
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The test, SalivaDirect, was administered to players and staffers on various NBA teams after being approved by the league and the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), with both the NBA and the NBPA also assisting with funding.
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Sky Sports NFL is the first channel launched by an international broadcaster through a partnership with the competition with the platform providing a minimum of five live games each week of the campaign.
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Online gambling is one of the fastest growing emerging markets of the era. Faster internet and the rapid development in mobile devices boosted the growth of the industry.
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SportsGrid, the sports network streaming firm, has announced the launch of a 24-hour network on SLING TV, a live TV streaming service that delivers live and on-demand entertainment instantly to compatible internet-connected devices.
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Churchill Downs officials announced Wednesday a 62-page operations plan that will limit attendance for the Sept. 5 Kentucky Derby to under 23,000 guests. The plan includes no general admission, and the infield will be closed. Prepurchased general admission tickets will be refunded. Reserved seating will be limited to a maximum of 40% occupancy, and standing-room-only tickets have been eliminated.
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Looking to cash in, many bettors have been held up at the windows in both New Jersey and Indiana in a recent dispute over payment involving recent soccer games.
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