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Former ESPN Executive Becomes BetMGM COO

BetMGM, the sports betting joint venture between MGM Resorts and GVC Holdings, has appointed former ESPN executive Ryan Spoon as its chief operating officer. Spoon most recently served as senior vice president of social and digital content at ESPN. Prior to that, he was senior vice president of digital product and design. In those roles […]

Posted On : October 28, 2020 By : Jason Gewirtz

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Sportsbook Lounge Opening at Pittsburgh Arena

The Pittsburgh Penguins will be at least the fourth National Hockey League team with a sports betting lounge inside its venue after the Penguins signed a multiyear partnership with Rivers Casino and BetRivers.com to become the team’s official casino and official sportsbook, a deal that will include the placement of a BetRivers sportsbook-style lounge inside […]

Posted On : September 25, 2020 By : Matt Traub

Photograph: Xperiel

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Technology in Sports

The Stadium Game

Older generations of sports fans have been mostly content with simply attending an event and enjoying the action. But anyone attuned to the next generation of sports fans can predict the future of the live-event experience: It will be interactive, likely in ways that seem unimaginable today. Alex Hertel, co-founder and CEO of Xperiel, is not […]

Posted On : November 20, 2018 By : Jason Gewirtz

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Sports Betting

Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros

As sports betting prepares to take off, the CEO of the Sport Integrity Global Alliance is leading an effort to safeguard competition on the field. The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that paved the way for legalized sports wagering will have profound impacts on the sports industry in the United States. Among the many concerns as sports organizations, betting regulators and host cities navigate the new landscape is how to protect the integrity of the competition on the field, which may be ripe for corruption or match-fixing when more money is at stake on the game. Leagues have also expressed an interest in collecting an “integrity fee”—a portion of the bets placed to help them monitor these issues—which has its own challenges. Fortunately, the Geneva-based Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA)…

Posted On : September 10, 2018 By : Jason Gewirtz