{"id":85081,"date":"2018-08-03T09:02:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T16:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=85081"},"modified":"2018-08-03T09:07:22","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T16:07:22","slug":"fanduel-group-teams-up-with-boyd-gaming-on-us-sports-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fanduel-group-teams-up-with-boyd-gaming-on-us-sports-betting\/","title":{"rendered":"FanDuel Group Teams Up with Boyd Gaming in Bid to Corner US Sports Betting Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FanDuel and Boyd Gaming have formed a joint strategic partnership to offer land-based and digital sports betting in the US.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_85084\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85084\" data-style=\"width: 3200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-85084 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FD.jpg\" alt=\"FanDuel agrees deal with Boyd Gaming\" width=\"3200\" height=\"1680\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-85084\"class=\"text-description\">The first ever FanDuel branded sports book opened at the Meadowlands, New Jersey, last month. The company\u2019s new deal with Boyd Gaming could give it market access to 15 more states. (Image: FanDuel)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The deal will see the Vegas-based regional casino giant take 4 percent equity in the recently created FanDuel Group, a company now controlled by British-Irish betting juggernaut Paddy Power Betfair.<\/p>\n<p>In return, FanDuel \u201cwill gain market access for its sports book and online gaming products in several states.\u201d It will also provide Boyd with \u201ctechnology and related services to operate Boyd Gaming-branded mobile and online sports betting and gaming services, in those states.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Cutting Deals<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Sports betting regulation in the US will occur gradually over the next few years on a state-by-state basis, and in most, if not all cases, technology providers will be required to partner up with existing land-based operators. The past few weeks have seen a flurry of deal-making activity with European sports betting companies and US casino operators jostling for a strategic advantage in the emerging market.<\/p>\n<p>Boyd is a crucial ally for Fan Duel because it has a physical presence in six states outside its core market of Nevada, one of which, Mississippi, has already legalized sports betting.<\/p>\n<p>Today (Friday, August 3), Boyd will launch its first sports betting operation outside Nevada, at IP Casino in Mississippi. A sports book will open at its other property in the state, Sam\u2019s Town, with weeks.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Market Access<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>While the deal with Fan Duel will not extend to Boyd\u2019s Nevada operations, the former will benefit from a landmark agreement between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ladbrokes-owner-gvc-strikes-200-million-sports-betting-deal-with-mgm\">Boyd and MGM<\/a>, announced Monday. This will see will allow both Boyd and MGM to offer online gambling services, where legal, in jurisdictions in which either company operates physical casino resorts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>This will extend FanDuel\u2019s market access, potentially, to 15 states. The company already has agreements in place to offer sports betting in New Jersey, New York, and West Virginia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>GVC, another British online gambling giant, will have similar market access through its partnership with MGM.<\/p>\n<p>Boyd spokesman David Strow said that both Boyd and FanDuel brands will be in play and the two companies would work to cross-promote one another\u2019s operations.<\/p>\n<p>The FanDuel Group was formed from the merger of Paddy Power Betfair\u2019s US operations, Betfair US, and daily fantasy sports giant FanDuel, which was finalized in July. Within days, it opened the first ever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fanduel-sportsbook-launches-at-meadowlands-as-merger-completes\">FanDuel-branded sports book<\/a>, at the Meadowlands racetrack in North Jersey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FanDuel and Boyd Gaming have formed a joint strategic partnership to offer land-based and digital sports betting in the US. The deal will see the Vegas-based regional casino giant take 4 percent equity in the recently created FanDuel Group, a company now controlled by British-Irish betting juggernaut Paddy Power Betfair. In return, FanDuel \u201cwill gain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":85084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,18,1074,16693],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>FanDuel Group Teams Up with Boyd Gaming on US Sports Betting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"FanDuel Group and Boyd Gaming agree sports betting deal, giving the Paddy Power Betfair controlled company potential access to US 15 states through Boyd and MGM properties.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fanduel-group-teams-up-with-boyd-gaming-on-us-sports-betting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FanDuel Group Teams Up with Boyd Gaming on US Sports Betting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"FanDuel Group and Boyd Gaming agree sports betting deal, giving the Paddy Power Betfair controlled company potential access to US 15 states through Boyd and MGM properties.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fanduel-group-teams-up-with-boyd-gaming-on-us-sports-betting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-08-03T16:02:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-08-03T16:07:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FD-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1344\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgphilc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fanduel-group-teams-up-with-boyd-gaming-on-us-sports-betting\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fanduel-group-teams-up-with-boyd-gaming-on-us-sports-betting\/\",\"name\":\"FanDuel Group Teams Up with Boyd Gaming on US Sports Betting\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fanduel-group-teams-up-with-boyd-gaming-on-us-sports-betting\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fanduel-group-teams-up-with-boyd-gaming-on-us-sports-betting\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FD-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-08-03T16:02:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-08-03T16:07:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\"},\"description\":\"FanDuel Group and Boyd Gaming agree sports betting deal, giving the Paddy Power Betfair controlled company potential access to US 15 states through Boyd and MGM properties.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fanduel-group-teams-up-with-boyd-gaming-on-us-sports-betting\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fanduel-group-teams-up-with-boyd-gaming-on-us-sports-betting\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fanduel-group-teams-up-with-boyd-gaming-on-us-sports-betting\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FD-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FD-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1344,\"caption\":\"The first ever FanDuel branded sports book opened at the Meadowlands, New Jersey, last month. 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