- West Virginia became the fourth state to send a cease-and-desist letter to leading offshore sportsbook Bovada when it took action at the end of June, notes Legal Sports Report.
- ESPN Bet has missed revenue expectations in the last two quarters, but ESPN Chair Jimmy Pitaro tells my colleague Mollie Cahillane that he remains confident in the property and the “significant product enhancements” that are coming this summer and fall ahead of football season. “To say we’re in the first inning of ESPN Bet would be a significant understatement,” said Pitaro, also pointing to Penn's recent hire of Aaron LaBerge -- a longtime Disney/ESPN tech exec -- as ESPN Bet’s new CTO.
- Tipico will "sell its U.S. sportsbook and online casino to LeoVegas, a company under the MGM Resorts umbrella that is also BetMGM’s parent company," notes the Cleveland Plain Dealer. With the sale, "Tipico winded down its U.S. operations but still has to settle bets players made on the app." Tipico Sportsbook is still listed as a "founding partner" of the Columbus Crew of MLS, a deal that was signed in January 2022 and marked the first team in Ohio to ink a sportsbook sponsorship deal.
