DraftKings Leads Kentucky Sports Betting Handle For June

DraftKings Leads Kentucky Sports Betting Handle For June

DraftKings led Kentucky’s nine online betting apps with $85.1 million of June’s $219.3 million handle, a 38.8 percent share. Every Kentucky betting app operates on a horse track’s license, and eight tracks hosted nine apps in June. Churchill Downs hosted the smallest app, with Prime handling $1.6 million, under 1 percent of online wagers. Online … Read more

New York Mobile Sports Betting Revenue Jumps 21% To $44.5M

New York Mobile Sports Betting Revenue Jumps 21% To $44.5M

New York’s mobile sportsbooks won $44.5 million on $380.8 million in handle in the week ending Aug. 16. Revenue rose 21.4 percent from the prior week while handle grew 2.1 percent, as hold climbed to 11.7 percent. DraftKings took the state’s handle lead at $139.8 million, but FanDuel kept the revenue lead at $16.6 million. … Read more

FanDuel Predicts Moves Sports Contracts Off CME Group

FanDuel Predicts Moves Sports Contracts Off CME Group

All FanDuel Predicts sports and novelties contracts move to Crypto.com’s exchange, Flutter said Wednesday. CME Group keeps its 51% stake in the venture but will clear only financial contracts. FanDuel Predicts trades under federal commodities rules rather than state gaming licenses and now runs nationwide. Flutter posted a $296 million net loss as group revenue … Read more

FanDuel Parent Flutter Ends Its London Listing, Trading Solely in New York

Flutter Delisting | FanDuel Parent Exits London for New York

The world’s largest online betting company completes its pivot to Wall Street on Aug. 3, leaving the New York Stock Exchange as the only home for its shares. For FanDuel bettors, nothing changes. NEW YORK – The company behind FanDuel is about to become, in the eyes of the stock market, an American one. Flutter … Read more

Online Play Carries Pennsylvania Gaming Past $7 Billion

Pennsylvania Gaming Revenue | $7 Billion, Online Leads

Pennsylvania collected $7,005,987,435 in gaming revenue in fiscal 2025/26, a 9.56% increase and its first year above $7 billion. Internet casino gaming grew 18.42% to $2.93 billion and now returns more tax to the state than retail slot machines. Sports wagering revenue jumped 35.95% to $662.9 million even though the amount wagered fell 3.14%. Retail … Read more

The World Cup Could Draw $50 Billion in Bets. A Lot of It Won’t Touch a Sportsbook.

World Cup Betting 2026 Draws Billions | Prediction Markets

The first World Cup on home soil since betting became legal is on pace to be the biggest in history, and prediction markets are quietly carrying the action into states that never legalized it. The 2026 World Cup is on pace to become the largest betting event in human history. The most revealing thing about … Read more

US Gaming Industry Splits Over Prediction Markets as Senate Holds First Hearing

US Gaming Industry Splits Over Prediction Markets as Senate Holds First Hearing

DraftKings and FanDuel walked away from the AGA in November 2025 and now sit opposite the trade group at the first congressional hearing on federally regulated event contracts. The May 20 Senate Commerce Subcommittee hearing marks the formal start of federal legislative consideration.