A major company in the legal sports betting industry has entered the conversation that surrounds the close race for governor of New York.
The New York Post reported last week that Gov. Kathy Hochul’s campaign received $25,000 contributions each from DraftKings CEO Jason Robins; his wife, Shannon Robins; and Stanton Dodge, the chief legal officer of the company.
Political opponents of Democrat Hochul, who is locked in a close race with Republican challenger Lee Zeldin, have made accusations for several weeks that she has been involved in “pay to play” schemes. In response to the news of the DraftKings-connected trio’s sizable contributions, a Zeldin staffer quipped on Twitter that it was a “bad bet.”
