{"id":95707,"date":"2019-01-08T06:55:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T14:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=95707"},"modified":"2019-01-08T06:55:51","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T14:55:51","slug":"nbc-sports-washington-to-unveil-in-game-betting-focused-broadcasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/nbc-sports-washington-to-unveil-in-game-betting-focused-broadcasting\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC Sports Washington to Unveil In-Game Betting Focused Sports Broadcasting"},"content":{"rendered":"

NBC Sports Washington has wasted no time in embracing sports betting following its legalization<\/a> by the District of Columbia just before Christmas.<\/p>\n

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Next Friday\u2019s game between the Washington Wizards and the Milwaukee Bucks will offer sports fans something a bit different, provided they\u2019re tuned into NBC Sports Washington Plus. (Image: NBA.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sports Business Daily<\/em> reports that this Friday\u2019s televised NBA game between the Washington Wizards and the Milwaukee Bucks will receive an alternative airing on the regional sports network\u2019s overflow channel, NBC Sports Plus, and will offer a glimpse of the future of sports broadcasting in the US, with a real-time data and statistics feed for in-play betting. Meanwhile, broadcast graphics will display odds, point spreads, and over\/unders.<\/p>\n

The broadcast will be the first of eight Wizards games presented in the new betting-friendly format and will also feature a contest that will invite viewers to predict aspects of the game via a series of questions, with a $500 prize going to the most successful speculator.<\/p>\n

Version 1.0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cWe wanted to give fans a little taste of what they can expect and maybe explain to them what predictive gaming is,\u201d Mark Friedman, director of creative services and advanced technology for NBC Sports Washington, told SBD<\/em>. \u201cWe want to let them know that it\u2019s not this scary thing with a stigma associated with it. It\u2019s fun. You can put $5 on a game and add a little bit of interest.\u201d<\/p>\n

“It’s the 1.0 version of where we’re ultimately going,” added Zach Leonsis, senior vice president of strategic initiatives at Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which owns the Wizards, told SportsBusiness Daily. “This will get more advanced. … The challenge for operators will be to make sure that the game play is supportive and not interruptive of the broadcast itself.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cVersion 2.0\u201d may well involve broadcasts integrated into a future NBC sports betting platform. Last month the company registered a number of sports betting domain names, including NBCSportbook.com and NBCSportsSportsbook.com, as well as non-.com versions of NBCSportsBet, NBCSportsBets, NBCSportsbook and NBCSportsBetting, according to domainnamewire.com.<\/p>\n

Monopolizing the Market<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The move suggests the broadcaster is thinking about capitalizing on America\u2019s newly liberalized sports betting laws as an operator — although it\u2019s also possible that it\u2019s a defensive move — domainnamewire notes that the reason it registered the non-.com versions of\u00a0NBCSportsBet, NBCSportsBets and NBCSportsBetting is because cyber squatters had already grabbed the .coms.<\/p>\n

DC Council voted to legalize sports betting on December 18. Regulations, as they stand, would grant a monopoly<\/a> on online sports betting to the district\u2019s Greek lottery provider, Intralot — although there is some scope for other operators to offer live betting at sports books situated in four sports venues: Audi Field, Nationals Park, and St. Elizabeths East Entertainment and Sports Arena, and the Capital One Arena, home to the Wizards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NBC Sports Washington has wasted no time in embracing sports betting following its legalization by the District of Columbia just before Christmas. 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