#Front Office Sports

To make the map, BetOnline geotagged 110000 tweets, tracking fan hashtags since the matchup was set Saturday night. FORT WORTH, Texas - The 2022 CFP National Championship has been set: First-timer TCU will take on defending national champion Georgia on Monday, Jan. 9 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, for the title. Caesars Sportsbook likes…

The start of the American football season is like ringing in the new year for the sports betting industry. And this latest season seems to mark a new austerity era for dealings between sportsbooks and publishers. "[Two years ago] was like the silly season of investing in massive marketing budgets that return [bettors acquired through paid…

NHL Notebook: Oilers likely open to moving 2023 first-round pick, NHL not interested in negotiating salary cap increase, and more The Edmonton Oilers haven't used their first-round pick in a trade deadline move since all the way back in 2006. That year, the Oilers badly needed a starting goaltender so Kevin Lowe ponied up the team's top draft pick…

Less than 18 months after Silver Lake invested $50 million at a $160 million valuation, Pro Football Focus had to resort to the "L" word. Sixteen full-time employees were part of the first round of layoffs in company history, PFF confirmed to Front Office Sports. The cuts amounted to about 7% of its salaried workforce, which stood at 220 employees…

I've bet on every game in the World Series and many games during the MLB Playoffs so far, despite not having watched more than a few seconds of it. And I'm not alone. The Major League Baseball playoff ratings this year have been higher than they were a season ago, according to the data from the wildcard and divisional rounds. Viewership is up, even…

Fanatics is making its long-awaited push into sports betting at the start of next year. "We're going to start launching in January," said Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin at the Sports Business Journal World Congress of Sports. Rubin said Fanatics would be in around "15 to 20 states" by the start of the 2023 NFL season. "We'll be in every major state…

In March 2021, the NFL signed an 11-year deal with Amazon Prime Video to give the company exclusive rights to Thursday Night Football. Is the NBA next? This mega deal with television networks is worth more than $100 billion. Of course, the multi-year deal includes Amazon, ESPN/ABC, Fox, CBS, and NBC. After the 2024-25 NBA season, the league's U.S.…

There's a new sheriff in town for the American League Central. After the Chicago White Sox failed to defend their division title from a season ago, the Cleveland Guardians came out of nowhere and with no expectations to win the AL Central in 2022. With stars such as Jose Ramirez and Shane Bieber leading the way and being buoyed by young studs such…

PointsBet officially launched in Louisiana on Thursday, marking the 13th North American market for the Australian-based operator - but the company has its eyes on even more expansion by the end of 2022. PointsBet entered its 12th U.S. market on Thursday, with the announcement that it now offers online sports betting in Louisiana. PointsBet US CEO…

Alex Rodriguez is expanding his financial empire. The former New York Yankees owner and billionaire Marc Lore have launched Mojo, a new sports betting app that essentially creates an athlete "stock market." BUY MLB TICKETS: STUBHUB, VIVID SEATS, TICKETSMARTER, TICKETMASTER Rodriguez and Lore bought the Minnesota Timberwolves last year for $1.5…

Historically, advertising in fourth quarter has been the most expensive of the year driven by high demand of the holiday season. Traditional product categories that ramp up their marketing budgets include retailers, toys/games, apparel, alcoholic beverages and movie studios. Plus every other year political ads plunk down billions of ad dollars. New…

That was the prevailing question leading up to the 1998 NFL Draft. The Indianapolis Colts decided to use the No. 1 overall pick on Manning, who went on to have a long, record-setting Hall of Fame career. Leaf was selected with the second pick by the San Diego Chargers, but his time in the NFL was short-lived and unmemorable. He left the game as a…

The Phoenix Suns now officially know their majority owner won't be with them for a year. The NBA revealed the results of the Robert Sarver investigation Tuesday that concluded he used the N-word and made inappropriate comments towards women in the workplace. The NBA imposed a one-year suspension on Sarver that began Tuesday, which means he can't be…

In the years since PASPA was overturned by the Supreme Court, the sports betting industry has become increasingly competitive. The top sports betting platforms are consistently trying to stand out to users with new user bonuses and ongoing promotions. However, as the stakes continue to raise in the world of wagering, different marketing tactics…