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UK sports betting companies bet on US after sports betting wager judgment
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5 June 2018
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By Natalie Sherman

Business reporter, New york city

It's high stakes for UK firms as sports betting wagering starts to spread in America.

From Tuesday, new guidelines on wagering entered into impact in Delaware, a small east coast state about 2 hours from Washington.

Neighbouring New Jersey could begin accepting sports betting bets as early as Friday.

The modifications are the first in what might become a wave of legalisation after the Supreme Court last month cleared the method for states to permit sports betting wagering.

The industry sees a "when in a generation" opportunity to develop a new market in sports betting-mad America, said Dublin-based financial analyst David Jennings, who heads leisure research study at Davy.

For UK firms, which are facing combination, increased online competition and tougher rules from UK regulators, the timing is particularly appropriate.

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But the market states depending on the US remains a dangerous bet, as UK companies deal with complex state-by-state regulation and competitors from entrenched local interests.

"It's something that we're actually concentrating on, however similarly we do not want to overhype it," said James Midmer, representative at Paddy Power Betfair, which just recently purchased the US fantasy sports betting website FanDuel.

'Take time'

The US represented about 23% of the world's $244bn (₤ 182bn) in gaming profits in 2015, according to a report by Technavio, external released in January.

Firms are wanting to tap into more of that activity after last month's choice, which overruled a 1992 federal law that barred states outside of Nevada and a couple of others from authorising sports betting wagering.

The judgment found the law was an over-reach of federal power. But the court it did not in fact legalise sports betting, leaving that concern to regional legislators.

That is anticipated to lead to considerable variation in how companies get certified, where sports betting can take place, and which events are open to speculation - with huge ramifications for the size of the market.

Potential income varieties from $4.2 bn to almost $20bn yearly depending on elements like how lots of states move to legalise, Oxford Economics estimated in a 2017 study for the American Gaming Association.

"There was a great deal of 'this is going to be huge'", said Will Hawkley, London-based head of leisure for specialists KPMG.

Now, he stated: "I think many people ... are taking a look at this as, 'it's a chance but it's not going to be $20bn and it's going to be state by state and it's going to take time'."

'Remains to be seen"

Chris Grove, managing director at Eilers & Krejcik Gaming, predicts that 32 states will legalise sports betting wagering in some type by 2023, producing a market with about $6bn in annual income.

But bookies deal with a far various landscape in America than they do in the UK, where wagering stores are a frequent sight.

US laws limited gaming mainly to Native American lands and Nevada's Las Vegas strip up until fairly recently.

In the popular creativity, sports betting wagering has long been connected to a 1919 baseball World Series match-fixing scandal.

States have likewise been slow to legalise numerous types of online sports betting, regardless of a 2011 Justice Department viewpoint that appeared to eliminate obstacles.

While sports betting is normally viewed in its own classification, "it clearly remains to be seen whether it gets the kind of momentum people think it will," stated Keith Miller, law teacher at Drake University and co-author of a book about sports betting regulation.
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David Carruthers is the previous president of BetonSports, who was apprehended in the US in 2006 for running an offshore online sportsbook and served jail time.

Now a consultant, he states UK companies must approach the market carefully, choosing partners with caution and avoiding missteps that could result in regulator reaction.

"This is a chance for the American sports betting bettor ... I'm unsure whether it is an for business," he states. "It truly is reliant on the result of [state] legislation and how business operators pursue the chance."

'It will be collaborations'

As legalisation starts, sports betting wagering firms are lobbying to fend off high tax rates, along with requests by US sports betting leagues, which wish to collect a portion of income as an "stability fee".

International companies deal with the added challenge of a powerful existing video gaming industry, with gambling establishment operators, state-run lottery games and Native American people that are seeking to protect their turf.

Analysts state UK companies will need to strike partnerships, using their expertise and technology in order to make inroads.

They indicate SBTech's recent announcement that it is supplying technology for Kentucky Derby operator Churchill Downs as an example of the sort of deals most likely to materialise.

"It will be a win-win for everybody, however it will be partnerships and it will be driven by technology," Mr Hawkley stated.

'It will just depend'

Joe Asher, president at William Hill US, is clear-eyed about the truths.

The business has been purchasing the US market given that 2011, when it purchased 3 US firms to develop an existence in Nevada.

William Hill now utilizes about 450 people in the US and has actually revealed partnerships with casinos in Iowa and New Jersey.

It works as threat supervisor for the Delaware Lottery and has actually invested millions together with a regional developer in a New Jersey horse racing track.

Mr Asher said William Hill has become a home name in Nevada but that's not always the goal all over.

"We definitely plan to have a very considerable brand existence in New Jersey," he said. "In other states, it will just depend upon policy and possibly who our local partner is."
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"The US is going to be the most significant sports betting market worldwide," he included. "Obviously that's not going to occur on the first day."
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