Penn Entertainment’s multibillion sports betting partnership with ESPN reverberated throughout the gaming universe over two days following last week’s announcement.
But the news didn’t spark much attention in Nevada.
Penn ended its three-year endeavor with irreverent sports content provider Barstool Sports in order to attach the name of the nation’s most recognized sports media heavyweight to its online sports wagering platform and retail sportsbooks that cover 16 states.
Nevada is not one of those markets.
Penn, which is headquartered in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, operates M Resort in Henderson and two small casinos in the northeastern Nevada community of Jackpot. The company never launched its Barstool-branded sports betting business in Nevada, contracting that part of the business to Caesars Entertainment’s William Hill U.S. subsidiary.
