FanDuel 'first in the US' to offer single account for sports and horse racing

FanDuel TV has embraced the growth of legal sports betting across the U.S. in its first year. It has also remained true to its roots as the channel for horse racing. FanDuel TV marked its first anniversary on Sept. 1 after being rebranded from TVG. The channel has added studio programming devoted to the NFL and NBA but has remained predominantly…

When the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for fixed-odds sports betting to sweep the nation in 2018, horse racing insiders may have felt as though the industry was the thoroughbred Sham, leading early in the 1973 Belmont Stakes with Secretariat breathing down his neck. But this race has taken an interesting turn - to the point where it's not…

Welcome to our guide on how to bet on the Kentucky Derby. If you're eager to participate in the excitement of the race and potentially win some money, we'll walk you through the process. To easily place your bets on the Kentucky Derby, the first step is to join an online racebook. Within minutes, you can finish the registration, deposit funds…

The Belmont Stakes, or the Run for the Carnations, is the last leg of the Triple Crown and differentiates the great horses from the historic ones. Deciding where to wager for a non-traditional sporting event like Belmont can be tricky. First, since online sports betting isn't legal in every state, it's unclear if it's legal for players in some…

Massachusetts horse racing bettors looking to place an online wager on Saturday's Kentucky Derby might have a familiar choice. FanDuel or DraftKings. The two sports betting titans are also leaders in the horse racing betting space, which will enjoy its biggest day on the calendar with Saturday's race from Churchill Downs. Indeed, FanDuel…

Since 1875, The Kentucky Derby's captivating sights and sounds have yet to be denied. The allure of horse racing's most famous event---its pomp and circumstance, location, and neat-fitting date on the calendar---is simply unmatched. It's why legal online sports bettors are rabidly intrigued by the latest Kentucky Derby odds and the best sportsbook…

DraftKings other online sportsbook operators have recently embraced the sport of kings as they strive for profitability. The horse-racing subsidiary of DraftKings has been cleared to launch in its home state. DraftKings Inc., the Boston-based provider of online sports betting sites, announced in November that it was teaming up with Churchill Downs…

LEXINGTON, Ky.- The FanDuel Group, home of FanDuel Sportsbook, FanDuel Racing, FanDuel TV, and TVG.com, and Breeders' Cup Limited have reached a multi-year agreement to extend FanDuel's status as the Official Wagering Partner of the Breeders' Cup World Championships. FanDuel will retain its status as the Official ADW Partner, Official Sports…

FanDuel is the first US gambling operator to allow its customers to use the same account for horse racing and sports betting. The operator announced the new feature on Wednesday following a soft launch last week. continually invest in improving the customer experience This move is part of the FanDuel's plan to continually invest in improving the…

FanDuel will become the first company in the United States that allows customers to bet on sports and horse racing through a single account. While experts have long foreseen the coming together of the two sectors, FanDuel will pioneer a shared wallet for the two verticals. Both analysts and fans had expected the launch of single accounts for both…

North American top-tier online gaming operator, FanDuel, launched a new platform last week to enable its customers to use a single account to access parimutuel betting on horse racing, as well as traditional sports book wagering. This launch makes FanDuel Sportsbook the first US sportsbook to offer this feature. Ongoing investments: FanDuel uses…

Horse racing wagering and sports wagering are finally coming together. FanDuel will become the first U.S. sportsbook to offer single account for sports and horse racing wagering, the online gaming company announced on Wednesday. Bettors will now be able to access both horse racing wagering and the traditional sportsbook on a singular account. U.S.…

FanDuel said Wednesday that its customers may access parimutuel wagering on horse racing and traditional sportsbook wagering with a single account after a successful soft launch last week. With this launch, FanDuel Sportsbook becomes the first U.S. sportsbook to offer this feature. The measure is part of FanDuel's ongoing investment in customer…

FanDuel announced Dec. 21 that its customers can now access both parimutuel wagering on horse racing and traditional sports book wagering with a single account after a successful soft launch last week. With this launch, FanDuel Sportsbook becomes the first US sportsbook to offer this feature. The measure is part of FanDuel's ongoing investment in…

FanDuel - Flutter Entertainment's market leading US business - announced that its customers can access both parimutuel wagering on horse racing and traditional sports book wagering with a single account after a successful soft launch last week. With this launch, FanDuel Sportsbook becomes the first US sportsbook to offer this feature. The measure…

DraftKings and Churchill Downs Incorporated announced a multi-year agreement on Tuesday that is expected to bring a parimutuel horse betting platform to DraftKings ahead of next May's Kentucky Derby. Under the agreement, Churchill Downs' subsidiary, TwinSpires, will provide advance deposit wagering (ADW) technology to DraftKings, the companies said…

Churchill Downs Incorporated (CHDN) ("CDI") (Nasdaq: CHDN) and DraftKings Inc. (DKNG) ("DraftKings") announced Tuesday a multi-year agreement that will bring pari-mutuel wagering on horse racing to DraftKings. CDI's subsidiary, TwinSpires, will provide advance deposit wagering ("ADW") technology to DraftKings. TwinSpires is the premier, market…

DKNG, +1.66% jumped 2.3% in premarket trading Tuesday, after the online sports betting and fantasy sports company and Churchill Downs Inc. CHDN, +0.68% announced a multi-year agreement that will bring betting on horse racing to DraftKings. Churchhill Downs' stock was inactive in the premarket. DraftKings said it will launch "DK HORSE" in the coming…

Churchill Downs Inc. has reached an agreement that will bring pari-mutuel wagering on its horse racing content to a second major online/mobile sports betting platform. On Nov. 29, Churchill Downs Inc. and DraftKings announced a multi-year agreement that will see CDI's advance-deposit-wagering subsidiary, TwinSpires, provide advance-deposit-wagering…

Does your online sports betting site offer horse racing? No? Well, the owner of the Kentucky Derby would like to change that. The thoroughbred horse-racing season is winding down, but Churchill Downs Inc. is ramping up its efforts to partner with the operators of online sports betting sites for pari-mutuel wagering. Churchill Downs (CDI) announced…

The stakes for sports betting across the country are sky high, but this is especially true in California, the most populous state in the nation with over 39 million residents. There are two ballot propositions concerning sports betting that Californians will have the opportunity to vote on this fall. Proposition 26, supported by California's horse…

During the week of the Super Bowl in February, then-FanDuel chief marketing officer Mike Raffensperger met with Kay Adams, the popular host of the NFL Network's "Good Morning Football" program. Adams at the time knew that she would voluntarily leave the show following the NFL draft and was open to seeing what opportunities she could pursue.…

One of horse betting's icier relationships thawed significantly on Thursday with the announcement that FanDuel and Churchill Downs Inc. had entered into a multi-year partnership that will find the two companies collaborating in the areas of advance deposit wagering, sports betting, and broadcast rights. For years, CDI and FanDuel's horse racing…

Gaming company and horse racing giant Churchill Downs Incorporated (CDI) announced Thursday a multi-year agreement with FanDuel Group involving multiple facets of FanDuel's sports wagering, advance deposit wagering (ADW), and television businesses. Under the agreement, CDI will provide certain technology and services to enable customers of the…

FanDuel Group announced today its intent to launch FanDuel TV which will include a broadly distributed linear cable television network, and its new OTT platform to be known as FanDuel+. Both FanDuel TV and FanDuel+ will go live in September of this year and become the first linear/digital network dedicated to sports wagering content and delivering…