Maryland’s online sports betting market is officially live, with seven operators now active in the state as of today (23 November).
Barstool, BetRivers, BetMGM, Caesars, DraftKings, FanDuel and PointsBet can now accept wagers in the state.
Caesars and DraftKings launched before the regulated market officially opened, in preparation for the imminent commencement.
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BetMGM has become an official sports betting sponsor of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team.
The sponsorship precedes the launch of legalised sports betting in Ohio, which will take place on 1 January 2023.
The bills that introduced sports betting in the state – Senate Bill 176 and House Bill 29 – were introduced in May 2021. Eventually, an evolved version of House Bill 29 made it to Ohio’s state House and Senate, where it was passed.
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BetMGM has marked its entry into the Kansas sports betting market by partnering with the Kansas City Chiefs.
The state’s sports betting market went live on 1 September, with six operators having been licensed to offer their services.
BetMGM debuted in its 24th market across North America, and also announced its partnership with the National Football League’s (NFL) Chiefs ahead of the new season.
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BetMGM has expanded its strategic partnership with US-facing 24-hour sports wagering streaming network SportsGrid.
Under the multi-year agreement, BetMGM’s trading team and experts will provide insight during a number of SportsGrid programs such as including Ferrall Coast to Coast, Pro Football Today and In-Game Live Primetime.
BetMGM’s odds and promotions will feature throughout Ferrall Coast to Coast, while its content will also appear on other shows broadcast by SportsGrid.
In addition, SportsGrid’s lead pro football analyst Warren Sharp will deliver reports from MGM Resorts properties including MGM National Harbor in Maryland.
The reports will be distributed over SportsGrid’s multi-media content platforms including the video streaming network, website, digital syndication publisher network and both BetMGM’s and SportsGrid’s social media properties.
The expanded deal builds on an initial strategic partnership announced in February of this year.
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iGB op-ed: Daniel O’Boyle argues that market shares within US sports betting have already shaken out four years on from PASPA’s repeal, with little room for rankings to change or new players to emerge.
It’s become a popular observation that at some point – likely in the late 2000s – much of Western popular culture became “stuck”.
If you watch a film or television show set in 1980 and 1990, it would be obvious which is which, with the fashion, technologies and soundtrack. But something set in 2010 would look an awful lot like today. Rather than something new, we’ve spent much of the last decade and a half chasing nostalgia.
In US sports betting, there’s no doubt that there will continue to be innovation: products will vastly improve and new ways of betting will emerge.
But in terms of market share and which brands matter, we may have reached the point where we’re stuck.
The leaders emerge
In fact, we got most of the way there before PASPA was even repealed: FanDuel and DraftKing..