Ep 044: DraftKings throws a Fanatics Hail Mary

The industry has been fanatical about Fanatics since the second-wave sportsbook has started to roll out in the States. What was already an intriguing proposition is turning into some salacious gossip as DraftKings has entered a second bid to compete with Fanatics’s offer to purchase the US arm of PointsBet.

The $195m offer is 30% higher than the one put forth by Fanatics but it is currently non-binding. However, DraftKings has persuaded PointsBet to at least entertain their bid in advance of a 30 June vote by the PointsBet board.

On today’s episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by SBC Summit Barcelona, Jessica Welman, Editor at SBC Americas, and Senior Journalist Charlie Horner break down the drama and try to read the tea leaves on the future of PointsBet US.

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