Espn Bet Is Shutting Down, And Now Espn Is Partnering With Draftkings

ESPN Bet is winding down successful favour of a caller integration pinch DraftKings. In an announcement connected Thursday, ESPN revealed that it will shutter nan standalone betting app successful December, while besides cutting ties pinch Penn Entertainment, nan institution it worked pinch to create ESPN Bet.

In its place, ESPN will present DraftKings’ betting features crossed its platforms, including wrong nan betting tab inside ESPN’s revamped app. ESPN says users will beryllium capable to usage DraftKings’ sportsbook, regular fantasy, and Pick6 features astatine motorboat connected December 1st, but a “full rollout of each integrations is expected successful 2026.”

ESPN struck a $1.5 cardinal licensing woody pinch Penn Entertainment successful 2023, transforming nan Barstool Sportsbook marque into ESPN Bet. That 10-year statement has now travel to an early end, a determination Penn Entertainment says it and ESPN  person “mutually and amicably” agreed to. Last month, ESPN removed its ESPN Bet banner while covering nan arrest of 31 people, including Portland Trail Blazers caput coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat defender Terry Rozier, and erstwhile NBA subordinate Damon Jones, for their alleged engagement successful an forbidden gambling ring.

Following ESPN Bet’s shutdown, Penn Entertainment will relaunch its sports betting app arsenic theScoreBet. “Our betting attack has focused connected offering an integrated acquisition wrong our products,” ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro says successful nan property release. “Working pinch DraftKings, a leader successful nan space, will let america to build upon that foundation, proceed to super-serve passionate sports fans and turn our ESPN direct-to-consumer business.”