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CLEVELAND, OH and LAS VEGAS (February 24, 2022) --- Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: CZR) today announced a multi-year partnership with the Cleveland Cavaliers to make Caesars Sportsbook an Official Sports Betting Partner and Caesars Entertainment the Official Casino Partner of the team. This partnership includes plans to open a best-in-class retail sportsbook on the street level inside the northwest atrium area of the teams home venue, Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.

Were ready to welcome Ohio sports fans into the Caesars Sportsbook Empire, while also making history with our second sportsbook at an NBA arena, said Chris Holdren, Co- President of Caesars Digital. Building upon our already established roots with Scioto Downs in Columbus, were excited to announce our partnership with the Cavaliers at an exciting time in their franchises history. As we prepare to launch sports betting in Ohio later this year, this wide-ranging partnership enables us to connect with the Cavs passionate and highly engaged fanbase. Caesars Sportsbook at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse will be a first-class venue providing an exciting atmosphere for sports betting and more.

Caesars Sportsbook at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse will have betting windows for cash wagering and combine custom VIP and hospitality experiences for Caesars Rewards members, along with on-site activations throughout the year. The approximately 10,355 square foot venue will feature a full-service bar and VIP lounge, an extensive menu, and wall-to-wall TVs. The costs of these improvements will be paid for entirely by the Cavaliers and Caesars.

With construction starting soon, Caesars Sportsbook will be located on the street level inside the northwest atrium of the venue near the intersection of Huron Road and Ontario Street. The Sportsbook will be open year-round on both event and non-event days for both eligible fans with tickets to events and those without tickets who want to place wagers. Caesars Sportsbook at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse is expected to be open by the end of 2022, subject to regulatory and other necessary approvals and further details and renderings will be announced at a later time.

In addition, Caesars Sportsbook gains access to the use of official Cleveland Cavaliers logos and marks, broadcast and digital content across Cavs properties, as well as TV-visible in-game signage.

Caesars Sportsbook made sports history with the first-ever sportsbook at a professional sports venue in May of 2021 at Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. and will soon be opening its doors to another Caesars Sportsbook at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona through a partnership with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

WWhen mobile sports betting goes live in Ohio, sports fans will be able to download the Caesars Sportsbook app to make a bet anywhere in the Buckeye State. Caesars Sportsbook will have mobile market access via the Caesars Entertainment-owned Eldorado Gaming Scioto Downs Casino in Columbus. Caesars Sportsbook players can also earn Tier Credits and Reward Credits through the industry-leading customer loyalty program, Caesars Rewards, to unlock emperor-worthy experiences within the Caesars portfolio of properties and partnerships, including access to a wide range of hospitality assets and VIP experiences with the Cavaliers at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.

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As more states continue to legalize sports betting, professional teams across every league continue to find ways to capitalize on the opportunity for new revenue created by the industry.

One way theyre doing that is by opening sportsbooks on or near the grounds of their home stadiums, hoping to make customers of the fans who wager on sports and potentially convert a few who dont.

Last May, the opening of the William Hill Sportsbook at Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. took another step in that direction as the first sportsbook to operate inside of an arena in the U.S. But while it was the first, its not the last. And there will be more to come.

Heres a look at stadiums in the United States with a sportsbook in or near them.

This list will be updated.

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (Cleveland Cavaliers)

Caesars Entertainment announced Feb. 24 a multi-year partnership with the Cavs to make Caesars Sportsbook their official betting partner, which includes plans to open a sportsbook inside Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. The sportsbook is expected to be open by the end of 2022.

United Center (Chicago Bulls & Blackhawks)

The Bulls and Blackhawks announced plans in January to open a FanDuel Sportsbook lounge inside the United Center.

State Farm Stadium (Arizona Cardinals)

In January, the Arizona Cardinals and BetMGM released images of the upcoming BetMGM Sportsbook scheduled to open on the State Farm Stadium campus in time for the start of the 2022 NFL season.

Nationals Park (Washington Nationals)

The BetMGM Sportsbook at Nationals Park opened in January, becoming the first retail sportsbook connected to a Major League Baseball stadium.

BetFTW previously took a trip there to get a sense of the day-to-day operation.

Footprint Center (Phoenix Suns & Mercury)

In September 2021, the FanDuel Sportsbook lounge inside Footprint Center opened.

Chase Field (Arizona Diamondbacks)

Caesars Entertainment released renderings in September 2021 of the Caesars Sportsbook set to open at the former Game 7 Grill space outside Chase Field in early 2022.

Wrigley Field (Chicago Cubs)

The Cubs received approval in August 2021 from the Commission on Chicago Landmarks to build a two-story DraftKings sportsbook adjacent to Wrigley Field. The proposal still needed approval from other city and state groups.

Caesars Sportsbook at Capital One Arena (Washington Wizards & Capitals)

William Hill, now a part of Caesars Entertainment, opened its sportsbook at Capital One Arena in May 2021, becoming the first sportsbook in a U.S. professional sports facility.

Audi Field (D.C. United)

FanDuel and D.C. United announced plans in October 2020 to open a sportsbook at Audi Field in 2021, pending licensing and regulatory approvals.

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The Toronto Star is launching a Canadian sportsbook. In what is believed to be an industry first, Canadas largest daily newspaper will be partnering with an online sports betting site known as NorthStar Bets.

NorthStar Bets is a made-in-Ontario casino and sportsbook gaming platform. It is owned by NordStar Capital, which also owns Torstar, the Toronto Stars parent company.

While fighting for space in what figures to be a crowded Ontario online sports betting landscape, partnering with an established brand such as the Toronto Star, which has been around since 1892, should provide immediate credibility to this newcomer to the sports betting industry.

The stated objective of NorthStar Bets is to deliver to Ontario sports bettors a first-rate sportsbook experience. It will be a site featuring insightful content from industry experts and will prove to be engaging, entertaining, and informative.

The Toronto Star is covering some of Canadas most popular sports teams today. These include the NHLs Toronto Maple Leafs, NBAs Toronto Raptors, and MLBs Toronto Blue Jays. This Torstar connection will be lending instant juice to NorthStar Bets as the site launches in the Ontario marketplace.

They figure to be going up against powerhouse American-based sportsbooks such as DraftKings, FanDuel and BetMGM. Ontario is opening up sports betting to private companies on April 4, 2022. However, there can be no question that this media partnership will prove beneficial to NorthStar Bets. They will be able to provide a unique perspective on the provinces sporting landscape.

The Toronto Star is making the utmost effort at putting NorthStar Bets at the forefront of the minds of Ontario sports bettors.

Part and parcel of the advertising and marketing services agreement with Torstar will be seeing the launch of a dedicated sports betting vertical that will become a regular feature of the Toronto Star sports section.

Lorenzo DeMarchi, Interim CEO of Torstar, believes the pairing of sports writing and sports betting is a natural marriage.

With Ontarios regulated online gaming and sports betting market set to open this spring, were sure there will be strong interest from our Toronto Star readers, particularly our sports readers, in the growing popularity of wagering content, DeMarchi said in a statement.

Firstly, this area of the papers sports coverage will serve as an educational tool. It will be a primer for newcomers to online sports betting. There will be the creation of plenty of contact relating to how to bet. Expect there to be stories explaining types of bets, betting strategies and sports wagering terminology.

Ultimately, the section will grow to include articles that will be offering hyper-local daily selections. There will also be columns about industry news and betting-specific features, as well as other multimedia content.

Following the launch of the NorthStar Bets gaming platform, thestar.com will continue to feature additional betting content. This will be including daily picks and videos of the events, teams and players that matter most to Ontario sports bettors.

Last month, NorthStar Bets made a major move that will add further professionalism to their site. They announced a partnership with Playtech, the worlds leading gambling technology company.

This partnership will provide NorthStar Gaming with the technology platform to deliver what will be one of Canadas premier online casino and sports betting experiences. NorthStar Gaming will be ready to launch Playtechs IMS Platform, Casino, Live Casino, Poker, and Bingo software to Canadian audiences. This launch will come following the completion of regulatory approvals and the licensing process,

Michael Moskowitz is the Chief Executive Officer and founding partner of NorthStar Bets. Hes the formerChairman and CEO of Panasonic North America.

It is an exciting time to launch an iGaming venture in Ontario, Moskowitz said in a statement.

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An industry veteran, Bob literally taught the course on the history of sports at Elder College. He has worked as a Sports Columnist for Postmedia, appeared as a guest on several radio stations, was the Vice President of the Society For International Hockey Research in Ontario, and written 25 books.

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An industry veteran, Bob literally taught the course on the history of sports at Elder College. He has worked as a Sports Columnist for Postmedia, appeared as a guest on several radio stations, was the Vice President of the Society For International Hockey Research in Ontario, and written 25 books.

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DraftKings contributor Geoff Urich and RotoWires Paul Bruno join Jessie Coffield and Emerson Lotzia to share their favorite NHL game totals to go over on DraftKings Sportsbook.

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Jessie Coffield: On the DraftKings Sportsbook, which game total are you going to be targeting, Geoff?

Geoff Ulrich: Okay, so Im going to cheat just a little bit here. Im not going to go with the game total, Im going to go with a team total. Im going to say go over on the Vegas Golden Knights 3.5. You have to go to the team totals over 3.5 goals for the Vegas Golden Knights. Its -115 and again I mean, you could take the over six goals but do we want to trust the Coyotes to get us more than one goal? I dont. I think going to the team total on the Vegas Golden Knights is a better play tonight. Jack Eichel humming, their offense is starting to click and theyre playing Arizona. I think Vegas just loads up here. Maybe they do hit the overall total on their own, but Id rather just bet the Vegas Golden Knights over 3.5 goals today.

Jessie Coffield: Paul, where you going, man?

Paul Bruno: I like to take the over on the Carolina Columbus game. I think its going to be a very high-scoring game, so go to the alternate line at over 7.5 +185 winning bet, that should be attainable. I also like for offense to come out on top over defense in the Chicago Jersey game tonight. Both offenses firing and the defense is not doing as much, so again go over the over 7.5 to get a big payoff at +215.

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DraftKings contributors Garion Thorne, Matt Meiselman, and RotoWires Nick Whalen, join Emerson Lotzia and Jessie Coffield to discuss some NBA Futures bets you can make on the DraftKings Sportsbook.

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Jessie Coffield: Anthony Davis is going to be out for at least a month with a foot injury, Russell Westbrook is continuously riding the bench and LeBron is doing everything he can, averaging a career-high 29 points per game. But this team is in danger of missing the playoffs, and you can bet on that right now on the DK Sportsbook at -135 to miss +105 to make it; which one would you bet on right now, Garion?

Garion Thorne: Im going to bet on them to make it. Its simply because the Lakers are going to get to the play-in. Theyre on an island right now, theyre six games back in the sixth seed but theyve got a pretty comfy cushion on the 10th seed considering the team currently in the 10th spot doesnt want to be there and told their best player yesterday, Hey, youre hurt, trust us, youre hurt. So, theyre probably going to end up having like the two one-game playoffs. The first ones going to be against Sacramento and the second one, yeah, maybe its against like Minnesota whos frisky. Perhaps it is against the Clippers who have got one of their two-star players back, but at the end of the day, if youre telling me one side has Lebron James and a healthy Anthony Davis by that point, Im just going to take that team in a one-game playoff regardless of where that game is taking place, so I think they end up making the playoffs. They dont make much noise once they get into it, but they do win the play-in.

Jessie Coffield: Nick, which side are you on?

Nick Whalen: Im out on this Lakers team. I cant do it anymore. I dont think they make it. Who knows which of the big three is even going to be available at that point. Anthony Davis is basically 50-50 to make it through any game that he starts at this point. I dont see some sort of miraculous turnaround chemistry-wise happening over these last 24 games. You know by that point the Clippers will likely have Paul George back; maybe they would have Kawhi Leonard back so if thats the case and thats the matchup to get in, I think the Clippers win that and even Minnesota. Right now, you look at that Minnesota roster top to bottom yeah, the Lakers maybe have the two best players when Davis and LeBron are healthy in that series, but Minnesota are much deeper. One thing that I think has flown under the radar with the Lakers is not only has Davis been injured, Westbrook has struggled, but pretty much every single role player for them has been terrible. Other teams are just so much deeper when you look at the three through 10 positions, so maybe LeBron and Davis could carry the Lakers in a one-game playoff, but man, right now its tough to put faith in this team, so Ill say they miss.

Jessie Coffield: Matt, in or out on the Lakers?

Matt Meiselman: Oh yeah, I mean, you have to know at this point Im going out on the Lakers. Still, this has been my favorite question to answer for basically the entire season. I think its just too narrow of a path for them to get in, they need everything to go right, they need to win, most likely two play-in games in a row. The first of the two may be against an inferior opponent like the Pelicans, or the Spurs, or the Kings, or maybe the Blazers. But they have to win two of those and the second one is likely Minnesota or the Clippers with Paul George. Both of those are better teams than the healthy Lakers, but then the other concern is Anthony Davis is hurt; LeBron James has been dealing with injuries all season. The idea that we can guarantee that both of them will be healthy at that point just seems crazy to me. It may even be more likely than not that one of them is still out at that point and also with how many more minutes and how much more usage LeBron will have while Davis is out. If theres something that can increase LeBrons injury risk in the near future, it does not have Anthony Davis there to take off some of that burden. If LeBron sees Russell Westbrook start to take on more of the offense and do poorly, LeBrons just not going to give him the ball as much and try to do more himself. Yeah, the chances of LeBron and Davis staying healthy to me are nowhere near 100 percent for all of those reasons; something probably goes wrong for this team. I think even at -130, -135, whatever it is now, I still would bet them not to make the playoffs.

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David Gandler, Co-Founder and CEO of fuboTV, has stated that Fubo Sportsbook is in the very early innings of a massive opportunity following its launch in 2021.

Commenting on fuboTVs full-year 2021 financial results, Gandler noted he was pleased with the progress its sportsbook was making following market entry in Iowa and Arizona.

Gandler commented: fuboTV delivered a record fourth quarter and full-year across a number of our key financial and operational metrics. Engagement continues to be strong as we add differentiated content to our offering and focus on innovating our product to meet consumer preferences and drive a premium experience.

Our expansion into real-money wagering is underway with the launch of Fubo Sportsbook across two states with additional states expected to follow this year. This launch represents a differentiated and industry-first integration of streaming and a sports wagering product and we see ourselves in the very early innings of a massive opportunity.

fuboTV has reported record revenues in 2021 of $638m, including a $1m impact of the December 2021 acquisition of French live streaming TV company Molotov. Excluding Molotov, its total annual revenue was $637m, a 144% improvement over 2020.

The firm also announced its 2022 guidance, as it expects over $1bn in total revenue. However, this guidance does not include any projected revenues from online sports wagering.

Within North America, fuboTV forecasts Q1 2022 revenue of $232m-$237m and full-year 2022 revenue of $1.08bn-$1.09bn. The firm expects its subscriber numbers to reach 1.028 million-1.033 million in Q1 2022 and 1.500 million-1.510 million for the full year in the region.

Earlier this year, Fubo Gaming, a subsidiary of streaming platform fuboTV, announced a long-term partnership with Houston Dynamo FC, becoming the official sports betting partner of the club.

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The Miami Heat (38-21) visit Madison Square Garden Friday to take on the New York Knicks (25-34). Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET. Below, we look at the Heat vs. Knicks odds and lines, and make our expert NBA picks, predictions and bets.

The Heat are 2nd in the Eastern Conference after a Chicago Bulls victory Thursday. Their first action since the All-Star break will be this lone road outing before a two-game homestand begins Saturday.

Miami is 33-25-1 against the spread (ATS) this season and is 4-5-1 ATS over its last 10. The Heat are 19-14 straight up on the road this season which compares favorably to the Knicks 13-17 home record.

New York is 26-33 ATS this season and is led by its 17th ranked defensive rating (110.3), while its offensive rating is 25th (108.4). The Knicks are just 3-5 ATS this season as home underdogs.

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Heat

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Heat 107, Knicks 100

PASS.

Tossing the Heat in a parlay wouldnt be a bettors worst idea, but playing them outright on their own at -230 doesnt have a ton of value. The Knicks are just 2-6 straight up as home underdogs.

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LEAN to MIAMI -5.5 (-110).

Simply put, Miami is the better team and New York hasnt played well at home this season. The Knicks are 12-17 straight up on the road and 13-17 at home, basically showing no homecourt advantage.

The Heat rank eighth in offensive rating and sixth in defensive rating. The Suns are the only other team to be ranked top eight in both areas.

One thing the Knicks are actually decent at is the offensive glass as theyrank seventh in offensive rebounding rate. However, the Heat counter that nicely with their ninth in defensive rebounding rate.

Theyll take away the Knicks edge and likely be able to pull away.

BET on the UNDER 210.5 (-107).

While the Heat have a top-10 offense, they play at one of the slowest paces in the NBA. Miami sits 28th in pace while New York is just below it at 29th.

The Heat are 35-24 O/U this season yet have had the Under hit in five of their last seven games.

The Knicks offensive woes against a good defense should loom large. They rank 27th in points per game at 105.1. New York is 16-20 O/U in conference games as well.

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The Phoenix Suns (49-10) are back in action Friday when they host the New Orleans Pelicans (23-36). Tip-off will be at 9 p.m. ET from Footprint Center. Below, we look at the Pelicans vs. Suns odds and lines, and make our expert NBA picks, predictions and bets.

This will be the Pelicans first game since the All-Star break as they look to snap their current two-game losing skid. The Pels went into the break having lost four of their last five games after winning four straight from Feb. 1-8.

New Orleans has struggled from the field this season, making just 44.7% of its field goal attempts (25th in the NBA) and shooting 32.8% from deep (27th). The Pelicans are getting outscored 109.5-106.3 on average and will now face the highest-scoring offense in the NBA although the Suns will be without PG Chris Paul after he injured his thumb.

The Suns crushed the Oklahoma City Thunder 124-104 Thursday as they padded the best record in basketball. Phoenix sits 6.5 games ahead of the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference.

Losing Paul to a thumb injury definitely hurts, but this Suns team is well-equipped to survive his absence thanks to SG Devin Booker, C Deandre Ayton and SF Mikal Bridges. Booker leads the team with 25.5 points per game, and Ayton is averaging a double-double with 16.2 points and 10.2 rebounds.

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Suns 117, Pelicans 108

This will be the Suns second game without Paul and while its obviously a blow to the team as a whole, they didnt show any ill effects from his absence Thursday. They beat the Thunder by 20 points, with Booker, Bridges and PF Cameron Johnson all scoring at least 21 points each.

I like the SUNS (-260) to win this one but Id much rather bet on them to cover the spread.

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The Suns have been quite good when it comes to covering the spread this season, going 33-26 ATS. Theyre only 1-2 ATS in their last three, but if you zoom out a bit more, theyre 6-4 ATS in their last 10 games. The Pelicans are also 6-4 ATS in their last 10 games but theyve failed to cover in four of their last five, including four games as underdogs.

The Suns are 5-1 ATS in their last six games against the Pelicans, a trend that I think will continue. Take the SUNS -6.5 (-105) to cover.

Not only have the Pelicans struggled on offense this season, but they have the ninth-worst defensive rating,and allow the eighth-highest field goal percentage to opponents.

I see the Suns having an efficient game offensively but the Pelicans wont carry their weight and will struggle to push this total over the line. Bet the UNDER 229.5 (-108).

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Whatever the original hopes and dreams for social media might have been a place to connect, share, amuse, and perhaps distract from heavy issues it has all gone tragically awry. Disinformation, division, and disrespect will, unfortunately, be central to the legacy of Facebook, Twitter, and most of the other apps.

Every company trying to connect with the public needs to have a social media presence, however, and comparatively speaking, the online sportsbook accounts on Twitter are relatively harmless. Theyre not trying to sow discord or uproot democracy, as far as we can tell. Sometimes the tweets are funny, and for customers who use the sportsbooks, theyre often informative in terms of knowing what promos and boosts are available on a given day.

But they can also be incredibly annoying especially if you follow every major mobile sportsbook and begin to notice that there are certain Twitter tropes nearly all of them engage in. What follows is a countdown of the 10 most irksome types of sportsbook tweets, starting with the mildly irritating and overdone and building to the truly egregious and infuriating.

This is an all-but-necessary business practice and it can at times be informative, hence its appearance at the bottom of the top 10. Parlays are where the sportsbooks clean up. The hold percentage is three to four times as high as it is on straight bets. So it makes perfect sense that books want to promote winning parlays and encourage bettors to chase that (usually unattainable) dream. They all do it, from DraftKings to FanDuel to Caesars and the rest, and they often cant help but include the emoji described as money-mouth face:

Its fairly inoffensive, and sometimes a parlay hits thats so crazy that us journalists spin the tweets into an article, but at the same time, these tweets are a major jealousy trigger for the countless sports gamblers whove never seen one of their longshot parlays come in.

Every day, most of the sportsbooks offer a few odds boosts, and when one comes in, they celebrate it. Two problems: If you didnt bet it, you feel moderately bitter; if you did bet it, sure, you won money, but theres no pride in knowing you tailed a bet the sportsbook came up with. (And rarely do the sportsbooks tweet about it when their boost whiffs.)

Heres a recent example, complete with that money-mouth face again:

Yeah, it sucks when football season ends or when the NBA has a few days off for the all-star break. But its also OK to take a night off from betting every once in a while. In fact, its unhealthy not to step back on occasion. Anyway, this type of sportsbook tweet is innocent and amusing enough, but boy oh boy do all the social media managers seem to share a brain with these.

And lets acknowledge the bizarro cousin of the sad theres nothing to bet tweet, the uplifting happy theres something to bet post:

These take a few different forms, but what they all have in common is the risk of causing emotional distress for the bettor reading the tweet. Maybe youre on the other side of the bet and feeling bummed. Or youre on the right side of the bet, but it isnt over yet and your joy (and bankroll) could be fleeting.

Anyway, this is the classic sort of tweet thats playful and fun in theory, but carries a high likelihood of pissing people off.

Pretty much self-explanatory here. These GIFs were amusing the first 14,000 times you saw them, but maybe its time for Peele and Denzel to give way to a new generation of anxiety-oriented visuals.

This is one that can be useful for gambling reporters who may be inclined to write about particularly noteworthy wagers, but that usefulness is overruled for most folks by the way it rubs in that there are people out there who have a lot more money available to risk than you do.

By the way, while the FanDuel and BetMGM social teams were paying close attention in class, it appears the DraftKings tweeters were dozing off and missed the lesson about using the phrase big bet alert.

For Scott Van Pelt, bad beats equal great content. But for a bettor, is there anything worse than having what appeared to be the right side of a wager, only for it turn into the wrong side at the last second and seeing the sportsbook where you just lost money leaning into your pain?

If you work in social media, youre incentivized to come up with ways to get people to not just view a tweet or like a tweet, but respond to it, quote-tweet it, etc. And in a sense, the open-ended question to stimulate carefree discussion is perhaps emblematic of the pure spirit with which social networks were conceived.

But its also kinda pathetic to be fishing this hard for a response.

This is the desperately seeking engagement category dragged through a river of sewage. If these tweets dont annoy you, you might just need a complete personality overhaul.

This is the absolute worst, the nut low of sportsbook Twitter. These tweets are a complete unforced error by the operators and their social media teams, as they act as a kick in the gonads to any bettor who had a losing night.

Negative bonus points for using the money-mouth face emoji, obviously.

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There has been a lot of chatter about consolidation in the sportsbook industry, but the chatter just put forward by Dave Portnoy, the face of Barstool Sportsbook well, it would shake the foundations of American sports betting.

In short: Portnoy believes Barstool Sportsbook, which is owned by Penn National Gaming, would be an ideal merger with DraftKings. (Penn National is also part-owner of Portnoys media site, Barstool Sports, with plans to become full owner.)

Like from and Im not involved in this I dont think there can be a more obvious synergy than between us and DraftKings, Portnoy said Tuesday on the latest edition of The Dave Portnoy Show with Eddie & Co. I think its game over if we merged. Honestly. I think that.

Im not involved in that, but if I looked around and my brains going, DraftKings, Barstool they have very good tech, they have the market share, they have to spend a ton, and theyre spending all this on marketing we could just erase that. All right, combine, were your marketing. I think its a total game changer. Who knows? Thats just me with no knowledge, no nothing, but to me its like, Oh my god, they have what we need, we have what they need, bang. Who knows?

Portnoys comments came during discussion of the gambling industry on his podcast with his co-host, Chicago Eddie.

It all started when Eddie asked Portnoy about DraftKings recent quarterly earnings report, a report that Wall Street didnt take kindly to.

You cant spend the money in this industry that is being spent on advertising and not get your f***ing ass kicked, Portnoy said. We dont do it, its a different model. DraftKings is saying, This is expected and just wait, because eventually companies will disappear and well have market share that is what theyre saying. They keep pushing the dates back [for achieving profitability].

Its just a brutal industry, and its hard to make money, and its hard to make money again, broken record when you have to spend so much to acquire your customers, Portnoy continued.

Notable: Before signing a deal to partner with Penn National, Portnoy had negotiations to team up with DraftKings, which he discussed during a Twitter Spaces conversation with Roundhill Investments last year. He did note, however, that Penn National was the only company to come forward with a solid offer.

DraftKings declined comment Wednesday on Portnoys comment/trial balloon/outrageous word salad, and emails to Penn National were not returned as of publication.

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