{"id":278984,"date":"2023-06-24T18:26:33","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T23:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=278984"},"modified":"2023-06-26T11:45:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T16:45:26","slug":"draftkings-fanatics-nearly-reached-48b-merger-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/draftkings-fanatics-nearly-reached-48b-merger-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"DraftKings And Fanatics Nearly Sealed Massive Merger, Now Rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"
DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG) and Fanatics\u00a0 are rivals in the sports betting universe — so much so that they\u2019re both vying for PointsBet\u2019s (OTC: PBTHF) US operations — but once upon a time, the two companies nearly merged.<\/p>\n