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11-06-2025, 09:23 PM
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-11-06/espn-takes-name-off-betting-app-and-partners-with-draftkings
ESPN is shifting its strategy on online sports gambling, ending its partnership with Penn Entertainment, which operated the ESPN Bet sportsbook app. ESPN is forming a new partnership with DraftKings, a leading sports betting company. ESPN’s on-air staff will use DraftKings’ odds starting Dec. 1. According to the Los Angeles Times’ Stephen Battaglio, the ESPN Bet app “simply didn’t reach its financial targets in the highly competitive business, which operates in the 31 states where online gambling is legal.” ESPN Bet recently made headlines (https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/removes-sportsbook-banner-nba-gambling-arrests.html) when ESPN had to remove its banner from Get Up during a discussion on the FBI’s NBA gambling arrests. ALSO: ESPN Bet will go down as one of ESPN’s signature failures (https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/espn-bet-will-go-down-as-espns-signature-failure.html).
ESPN is shifting its strategy on online sports gambling, ending its partnership with Penn Entertainment, which operated the ESPN Bet sportsbook app. ESPN is forming a new partnership with DraftKings, a leading sports betting company. ESPN’s on-air staff will use DraftKings’ odds starting Dec. 1. According to the Los Angeles Times’ Stephen Battaglio, the ESPN Bet app “simply didn’t reach its financial targets in the highly competitive business, which operates in the 31 states where online gambling is legal.” ESPN Bet recently made headlines (https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/removes-sportsbook-banner-nba-gambling-arrests.html) when ESPN had to remove its banner from Get Up during a discussion on the FBI’s NBA gambling arrests. ALSO: ESPN Bet will go down as one of ESPN’s signature failures (https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/espn-bet-will-go-down-as-espns-signature-failure.html).