{"id":92028,"date":"2018-11-06T15:19:33","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T23:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=92028"},"modified":"2018-11-06T15:46:36","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T23:46:36","slug":"draftkings-gears-up-for-massachusetts-sports-betting-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/draftkings-gears-up-for-massachusetts-sports-betting-push\/","title":{"rendered":"Ascendant in New Jersey, DraftKings Gears Up for Massachusetts Sports Betting Push"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Massachusetts legislature plans to grapple with sports betting in January and homegrown DFS giant-turned-bookmaker DraftKings wants to make sure they get the job done.<\/p>\n

\"DraftKings\"
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker was reluctant to fast-track sports betting in the wake of the SCOTUS rejection of PASPA but is eager for the legislature to take on the issue when the new session begins in January. (Image: Associated Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to The Boston Herald<\/em>, the Boston-based company expects to ramp up its lobbying and legislative efforts over the next few months. DraftKings has already launched a social media campaign — a blitz of tweets, emails, and ads singing the praises of sports betting to residents of its home state.<\/p>\n

And well it might. Just over three months ago, the company had never processed a single sports bet. Today, it\u2019s the leader<\/a> in the fledgling New Jersey sports betting market — just ahead of its old foe, FanDuel.<\/p>\n

The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement reported that DraftKings and its partner Resorts Digital held a 35.4 percent share of the market in October, despite having no physical presence in the state, with a win of $8.5 million.<\/p>\n

It has been propelled to into pole position largely by the successful migration of its DFS players to its online sports betting offering, and is eager to replicate this success on its own doorstep.<\/p>\n

Governor Interested<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Some Massachusetts lawmakers wanted to fast-track sports betting in the aftermath of the US Supreme court\u2019s rejection of PASPA, the federal ban on state-sanctioned wagering. But Governor Charlie Baker cautioned<\/a> against railroading gambling expansion.<\/p>\n

I think it would be very hard for us to go from zero to 100 mph in the course of 40 days when there\u2019s so much other stuff in front of the legislature,\u201d he told The Boston Herald<\/em> in June. \u201cI do know we are meeting with a lot of the professional sports organizations and a lot of the knowledgeable people in this space, and I fully expect the legislature will do the same thing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI believe this is an issue we ought to take up, if we happen to be around, in January as part of the next session, because clearly this is going to be something that every state is going to have to take a good, hard look at,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Full of Bull<\/strong><\/h2>\n

According to The New York Pos<\/em>t, a recent Morgan Stanley report suggests that in a bull-case scenario — where every state in the US legalized sports betting — $216 billion would be wagered per year.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s based on an average of every American losing $43.50 a year, which is broadly in line with European and Australian averages.<\/p>\n

But the likelihood of all 50 states regulating sports betting over the next few years is zero. Eilers and Krejcik Research has predicted that 32 states might do so in the next five years — a forecast that may also be on the bullish side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Massachusetts legislature plans to grapple with sports betting in January and homegrown DFS giant-turned-bookmaker DraftKings wants to make sure they get the job done. According to The Boston Herald, the Boston-based company expects to ramp up its lobbying and legislative efforts over the next few months. 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