Major U.S. sportsbooks halt betting on events in Russia, Belarus

Major U.S. sportsbooks halt betting on events in Russia, Belarus

Article brief provided by Legal Sports Report
  • Matthew Waters, Legal Sports Report
March 4, 2022 1:25 AM
  • Matthew Waters, Legal Sports Report

DraftKings, FanDuel, and PointsBet are no longer taking bets on sports leagues or events in Russia or Belarus.

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DraftKings announced first with a tweet Thursday afternoon that noted the removal started today. DraftKings also noted it has no direct commercial relationship with any sports organization, team or league in either country. FanDuel later told LSR it was taking down the same markets. PointsBet announced its decision later Thursday afternoon.

The DraftKings tweet message was headed by the Ukraine flag. The ban applies not just to US B2C operations but to all of DraftKings’ global B2B operations as well.

DraftKings acquired sports betting technology platform SBTech in April 2020. The company has an office in Kyiv, Ukraine.