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Podcast: Front Office Sports Today
Episode: Explaining Sports Betting’s Latest Craze: Prediction Markets | Can NWSL Sustain Rapid Growth?
Description: FanDuel is the latest major sportsbook operator to enter the prediction-markets landscape, which offers a legal loophole for users to essentially bet on non-sports events, including the weather, political outcomes, and the price of cryptocurrencies. FOS deals reporter Ben Horney joins to explain how prediction markets work, why FanDuel and DraftKings are leaning in to them, and how we are just at the beginning of this potential billion-dollar industry.
Plus, Portland Thorns and USWNT midfielder Sam Coffey discusses her team's upcoming semifinal match, the NWSL's growth trajectory, expansion, and more. The Thorns take on the Washington Spirit in a...