It’s been just over a year since Disney surprised the world by announcing that it was entering sports gambling. ESPN’s deal with Penn Entertainment, a relatively minor gambling company, gave The Walt Disney Company a $1.5 billion cash injection and a pathway into the lucrative business of sports gambling.
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Since sports betting became legal thanks to a 2018 Supreme Court