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5 min readIn May 2018, a married couple driving along a New Jersey interstate spotted a billboard that would change American gambling forever: “Legal sports betting in Jersey. You bet. DraftKings Sports Book is coming.” The husband immediately understood the significance. The Supreme Court had just struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), the 1992 federal law that banned sports gambling nationwide except in a few grandfathered places like Nevada. For years, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie had fought to legalize sports betting in his state, arguing that illegal gambling was already rampant and that regulation could bring oversight and tax revenue. Every time the state moved toward legalization, it got sued under PASPA—until the case reached the Supreme Court, which ruled 6-3 that the law was unconstitutional. The gates were open.
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What you'll learn
- 1 FanDuel vs DraftKings | Open The Gates
- 2 Main Outline
- 3 (00:44) **The PASPA Decision Changes Everything** - A married couple driving in New Jersey spots a DraftKings billboard announcing legal sports betting, sparking a conversation about the Supreme Court's decision to strike down PASPA
- 4 (06:07) **The Post-PASPA Landscape** - FanDuel and DraftKings grew into a daily fantasy duopoly valued at over a billion dollars each, but now face a transformed market with new legal challenges and competitors
- 5 (07:21) **DraftKings' Strategic Advertising Campaign** - In August 2018, DraftKings runs commercials featuring Charles Barkley to normalize sports betting in newly legalized markets
- 6 (10:36) **The Casino Giants Enter the Arena** - Legacy casino brands like Caesars, MGM, and Palace have been watching the mobile sports betting market and are ready to pounce now that PASPA has fallen
- 7 (14:58) **The Three Things FanDuel and DraftKings Must Do** - To stave off deep-pocketed competitors, both companies need to leverage their sports league relationships, improve their mobile apps, and scale up their operations
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Show Notes
It’s May 2018, and the U.S. Supreme Court just struck down a law that banned most sports betting nationwide. The gold rush is on to capture a newly wide-open market of online gamblers. FanDuel and DraftKings shift seamlessly from daily fantasy companies to online sportsbooks, partnering with top athletes and pro sports leagues. But their methods for keeping customers hooked will shock the conscience, and threaten the very fan base that earned them billions.
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