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Turner Sports Signs Deal With Draft Kings

By Jessica Toonkel
· · Source: The Information

WarnerMedia’s Turner Sports division has signed a deal with sports betting platform DraftKings as it becomes the latest entertainment company to cater to the growing popularity of sports betting. The deal will let people get DraftKings-supplied sports being data through Turner web sites. As more states have been legalizing online sports betting, it has taken off. That has provided an...

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