The Handle: Creative Ideas for Customer Acquisition
The Handle is a regular newsletter dedicated to providing the best insights in gaming news. To get The Handle delivered to your inbox, subscribe here. Sustainable innovation for acquiring customers: Gen-Z Addition I hope you all enjoyed your Super Bowl Sunday! With the NFL season coming to an end, this week’s Edition 33 is especially relevant […]
Busy sports betting week could bring more legal wagering options
Several heavily populated states – and the nation’s third-most populated city – are set to advance measures that could mean new sports betting opportunities in some of America’s most high-profile wagering markets. Ohio lawmakers near bill debate After years of debate, Ohio lawmakers are set to finally advance a sports betting bill that could bring […]
Broadcast News
The magnificent seven: The news that BetMGM, FOX Bet, PointsBet and WynnBet joining Caesars Entertainment, DraftKings and FanDuel as official NFL sports-betting partners inevitably means the upcoming season is likely to be accompanied by a soundtrack of incessant betting advertising campaigns. Certainly, if sports-betting follows the DFS playbook from 2015 then the possibility of avoiding […]
Flag drops on Sportradar IPO
Sportradar files for IPO The top line Sportradar filed paperwork on Tuesday with the SEC to start the process of listing on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol SRAD. The listing included a placeholder offering size of $100m. In its filing, the company said H121 revenues increased 42% YoY to €272.1m ($318.6m) with […]
DraftKings readies for NFL return
DraftKings Q2 and earnings call The top line Revenues up 297% to $298m, operating losses hit $321.5m vs $160m Q220. Adjusted EBTIDA losses were $95.3m vs $57.5m Q220 and marketing costs came in at $170m. DraftKings raised FY21 revenue guidance from $1.05bn-$1.15bn to $1.21bn-$1.29bn, implying YoY growth of 88%-100%. Monthly unique player were up 281% […]