In the US online sports betting arena, Flutter Entertainment Plc’s (OTC:PDYPY) FanDuel unit and DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG) control approximately 63 percent of the market. But one fund manager prefers FanDuel over DraftKings.

Because of the daily fantasy sports (DFS) boom several years ago, DraftKings and FanDuel were able to leverage that footprint to become two of the dominant online sports wagering providers in the US. This followed the 2018 Supreme Court ruling on the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PAPSA). Among internet gaming entities, both enjoy…

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The Unite Here union lashed out this week at Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta and their company, Station Casinos, for the brothers’ millions of dollars in contributions to embattled President Donald Trump and other Republicans.

The 300,000-member union alleges such donations allowed for racism, authoritarianism, white supremacy, and mob violence during the Trump presidency. The union also wants all gaming and hotel CEOs to cease donating to 145 Republican members of Congress who tried to block November’s presidential election results. Station Casinos, Union Been in Struggle for YearsFor several years,…

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California horse racing received a major boost last week after several key stakeholders reached an agreement on a purse enhancement program.

The accord between the Thoroughbred Owners of California, Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, The Stronach Group’s 1/ST Racing, and TVG means $15 million more for purses over the next two years. The move had been expected to the point Santa Anita Park previously upped its purses by 10 percent. At $533,000, the average daily purse now…

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A long-delayed tribal casino project in Massachusetts might have better odds of coming to realization under President Joe Biden’s administration.

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe has been fighting for years for legal rights to build a $1 billion integrated resort casino in Taunton. The project, however, has been continually held up in courts. Maybank, one of the largest financial institutions in Southeast Asia, believes the tribe’s casino ambitions have a better chance with Biden in the…

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