That equates to roughly $333.3 million a year, or $111.1 million per sportsbook. In exchange, the three sports betting giants can use the NFL logo and any team insignia on their platforms and marketing materials.<\/strong><\/p>\nA fourth gaming entity — Genius Sports — is responsible for approximately $120 million a year in NFL sponsorship revenue. Genius Sports and the NFL struck a deal in April of 2021 that provides the sports betting tech firm exclusive distribution rights to the league’s real-time official play-by-play statistical stream.<\/p>\n
Gaming Finally Welcomed<\/b><\/h2>\n
The NFL kept its distance — a large one at that — from sports betting for decades until the Supreme Court repealed the federal ban on such gambling everywhere but Nevada in 2018. Since the landmark ruling, the NFL has continued to ease its opposition to betting on its games.<\/p>\n
Seeing an opportunity to increase interest and television ratings, as well as the undeniable enthusiasm surrounding the nation’s ever-expanding sports betting market, the NFL last August announced it would allow limited sportsbook advertisements during national broadcasts.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe NFL decision allowed its three official sports betting partners — Caesars Sportsbook, DraftKings, and FanDuel — to buy TV commercials. BetMGM, PointsBet, Fox Bet, and WynnBet were later welcomed by the league.<\/p>\n
Along with television media buys, the NFL signed off on teams and stadiums striking sponsorship deals with gaming and sports betting companies.<\/p>\n
“Opening new official partnership categories has provided the NFL an opportunity to bring incremental sponsorship revenue to the sport,”<\/strong> said IEG Global Managing Director Peter Laatz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sports betting operators in the United States played a vital role in the NFL achieving record sponsorship revenue in 2021. Data compiled by IEG, a global consultancy in partnership strategies and effectiveness evaluation, released its 2021 NFL sponsorship findings this week. The report detailed a historic year for the pro football league. IEG says the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":199395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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