Dan Bernstein

1 week ago | sportico.com | Dan Bernstein

As Robinhood has expanded its sports prediction markets, adding Indy 500 and French Open event swaps to its arsenal this month, the U.S. gambling industry establishment has remained on alert. Robinhood has more than 20 million monthly active users across its full suite of financial products, and CEO Vlad Tenev has frequently talked up the new sports prediction market endeavor. Tenev told analysts on April 30 the company had facilitated about 500,000 sports-related transactions.

2 weeks ago | sportico.com | Dan Bernstein

Welcome to Sportico’s transactions wire, a weekly rundown of personnel, partnerships, products and purchases across the sports business industry. Levy Hires Steve Dolinsky for Food Projects Levy has hired broadcast journalist Steve Dolinsky after he spent 30 years of covering the food beat in Chicago and appearing regularly on national food programs. Dolinsky begins his new role later this month.

2 weeks ago | sportico.com | Dan Bernstein

Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay has died at 65 years old, the NFL team announced Wednesday. No cause of death was made public. Irsay has faced numerous health challenges in recent years, including a severe respiratory illness and surgeries stemming from a home fall, which led him to use a wheelchair. Irsay inherited control of the Colts from his father Bob Irsay in 1997—13 years after the franchise completed its relocation from Baltimore—and oversaw its 2008 move into Lucas Oil Stadium.

2 weeks ago | sportico.com | Dan Bernstein

Video game information technology platform Futbin, a third-party business orbiting the popular EA Sports FC soccer franchise, has not always gotten along with publisher Electronic Arts. Futbin is an independent companion app for EA Sports FC’s Ultimate Team mode that offers accurate live market data on player card prices and interactive team-building visualizations, among other services.

3 weeks ago | sportico.com | Dan Bernstein

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner Summer Mersinger announced Wednesday that she will step down from her post at the end of the month to lead the Blockchain Association, a pro-cryptocurrency lobbying group. Mersinger’s departure comes two years after she became a CFTC commissioner and three years before the end of her current term.