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UK sports betting firms bet on US after sports betting wager ruling

5 June 2018

By Natalie Sherman

Business reporter, New York

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

From Tuesday, brand-new rules on betting came into impact in Delaware, a small east coast state about two hours from Washington.

Neighbouring New Jersey might start accepting sports betting bets as early as Friday.

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

The industry sees a "as soon as in a generation" chance to establish a brand-new market in sports betting-mad America, stated Dublin-based monetary expert David Jennings, who heads leisure research at Davy.

For UK firms, which are grappling with debt consolidation, increased online competition and harder rules from UK regulators, the timing is especially opportune.

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But the industry states depending on the US remains a risky bet, as UK companies deal with complicated state-by-state policy and competitors from entrenched regional interests.

"It's something that we're really concentrating on, however equally we do not want to overhype it," said James Midmer, spokesperson at Paddy Power Betfair, which recently bought the US fantasy sports betting website FanDuel.

'Take time'

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

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

The ruling discovered the law was an over-reach of federal power. But the court it did not really legalise sports betting, leaving that concern to local lawmakers.

That is anticipated to cause significant variation in how firms get accredited, where sports betting wagering can happen, and which are open to speculation - with huge ramifications for the size of the market.

Potential profits ranges from $4.2 bn to nearly $20bn every year depending upon factors like the number 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 substantial'", said Will Hawkley, London-based head of leisure for specialists KPMG.

Now, he said: "I think the majority of people ... are taking a look at this as, 'it's an opportunity however it's not going to be $20bn and it's going to be state by state and it's going to require time'."

'Remains to be seen"

Chris Grove, handling director at Eilers & Krejcik Gaming, anticipates that 32 states will legalise sports betting in some form by 2023, creating a market with about $6bn in yearly earnings.

But bookmakers face a far different landscape in America than they do in the UK, where wagering stores are a regular sight.

US laws minimal gaming largely to Native American lands and Nevada's Las Vegas strip until reasonably recently.

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

States have actually likewise been sluggish to legalise numerous kinds of online betting, regardless of a 2011 Justice Department opinion that appeared to eliminate challenges.

While sports betting is generally seen in its own category, "it plainly stays to be seen whether it gets the kind of momentum individuals think it will," said Keith Miller, law professor at Drake University and co-author of a book about sports betting wagering policy.

David Carruthers is the previous president of BetonSports, who was detained in the US in 2006 for running an offshore online sportsbook and served jail time.

Now a specialist, he states UK companies ought to approach the market carefully, choosing partners with caution and avoiding missteps that might lead to regulator backlash.

"This is a chance for the American sports betting wagerer ... I'm unsure whether it is a chance for business," he says. "It really is dependent on the result of [state] legislation and how business operators pursue the opportunity."

'It will be collaborations'

As legalisation begins, sports betting firms are lobbying to ward off high tax rates, along with requests by US sports betting leagues, which wish to gather a portion of income as an "integrity cost".

International business face the included difficulty of an effective existing gaming market, with casino operators, state-run lottery games and Native American tribes that are looking for to safeguard their turf.

Analysts say UK companies will need to strike partnerships, offering their know-how and technology in order to make inroads.

They point to SBTech's current statement that it is supplying technology for Kentucky Derby operator Churchill Downs as an example of the type of deals most likely to materialise.

"It will be a win-win for everyone, but it will be collaborations and it will be driven by technology," Mr Hawkley stated.

'It will simply depend'

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

The business has actually been buying the US market because 2011, when it purchased three US companies to establish an existence in Nevada.

William Hill now uses about 450 people in the US and has actually announced collaborations with gambling establishments in Iowa and New Jersey.

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

Mr Asher stated William Hill has become a household name in Nevada but that's not always the objective all over.

"We certainly plan to have a very significant brand presence in New Jersey," he stated. "In other states, it will simply depend upon policy and potentially who our local partner is."

"The US is going to be the biggest sports betting wagering market in the world," he added. "Obviously that's not going to happen on the first day."

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