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Friday 27 September 2019

NFL
partners CUBS OUT

with

DraftKings

for daily

fantasy
sports

By BEN NUCKOLS
AP Sports Writer
The NFL has joined with
DraftKings as its provider for
daily fantasy sports, mov-
ing the league closer to a
full embrace of legal sports
betting.
DraftKings began as a fan-
tasy sports platform but
now operates as a full-
service sportsbook. The
deal announced Thursday
makes DraftKings the NFL’s
“official daily fantasy part-
ner.”
The league has joined with
Caesars Palace for sports
betting marketing, its first
deal with a traditional ca-
sino company. But the
NFL remains the only ma-
jor North American sports
league not to designate a
full-fledged sports betting
partner.
The NFL hasn’t closed off
the possibility of such a
deal and the partnership
with DraftKings potentially Cubs eliminated, then fall
gives the Boston-based
firm an advantage.
“The focus is to make sure to Pirates for 8th straight loss
that we’re protecting the
consumer and the integrity Pittsburgh Pirates’ Jose Osuna, left, scores on a
of the game,” said Renie
Anderson, chief revenue wild pitch by Chicago Cubs relief pitcher David
officer and executive vice Phelps, right, during the eighth inning of a base-
president of NFL partner- ball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, Sept. 25,
ships. “We’re going to take 2019. The Pirates won 4-2.
our time, when we feel it’s
ready and right to go into Associated Press
that space, that we’ve Page 22
dotted all the I’s and
crossed all the T’s.”
In daily fantasy, fans wager
on the performance of indi-
vidual players, rather than
the outcome of the game.
While regarded by many
as a form of gambling, it is
regulated differently than
betting on the outcome of
games, which is now legal
in a dozen states.q