In the second of five planned webinars on The New Normal podcast meant to shine a light on the sweepstakes industry, on Wednesday hosts Victor Rocha and Jason Giles, the conference chairman and executive director, respectively, of the Indian Gaming Association, had arguably a strange bedfellow drop by: Jeremy Kudon, the president of the Sports Betting Alliance (SBA).
The SBA includes FanDuel, DraftKings, BetMGM, and Fanatics, and just two short years ago, the SBA and the IGA were at each other’s throats. That was when California residents went to the polls to vote on Proposition 27, which would have opened the floodgates for legalized sports betting in the state, with the sportsbooks potentially being able to cut the tribes out of the deal.
