• May 14, 2018 The U.S. Supreme Court paves the way for legalized sports betting in deciding Murphy v. NCAA, which struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, a 1992 law that barred state-authorized sports betting, with some exceptions.
• Feb. 5, 2019 Disney CEO Bob Iger tells analysts on the company’s earnings call, “I don’t see The Walt Disney Co., certainly in the near term, getting involved in the business of gambling, in effect, by facilitating gambling in any way.”
• May 8, 2019 Fox and The Stars Group announce a Fox-branded sports betting platform, Fox Bet.
• May 14, 2019 ESPN and Caesars strike a sports betting partnership that sees ESPN build a studio at Las Vegas’ LINQ Hotel & Casino and gives Caesars placement on…
