by Fred Fuld III
In 2018, the Supreme Court came decided that betting on sports in all states is legal, with each state to determine whether or not to allow this form of gambling.
Sports betting is now legal in 36 states.
According to a report last September from Morgan Stanley, “By 2025, sports betting revenue could eclipse $7 billion.”
So betting on sports is a major growing business, which will eventually be very granular in terms of available bets. For example, with the net pitch be a ball or a strike.
Of course, the major casino companies are involved in this industry, such as Caesars Entertainment Inc. (CZR) and MGM Resorts International(MGM), however there are few pure plays.
For example there is Flutter Entertainment (PDYPY) and DraftKings (DKNG).
For more diversification, there is a sports betting ETF, the Roundhill Sports Betting & iGaming ETF (BETZ).
Flutter Entertainment, which was formerly Paddy Power Betfair, is based in Dublin, Ireland. The company owns FanDuel, Paddy Power, Betfair, Fox Bet, Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars
The stock trades Over-the-Counter in the United States and has a $25.7 billion market cap. It is currently negative earnings.
Boston, Massachusetts based DraftKings, a provider of sports betting and daily fantasy sports, originally went public through a SPAC.
The stock has a market cap of $8.2 billion and trades on NASDAQ. Earnings are currently negative.
However, the quarterly revenue growth year-over-year is 80.7%. It has $3.76 in cash per share.
Maybe a bet on one of these stocks will provide a winner for your portfolio.
Disclosure: Author didn’t own any of the above at the time the article was written.