Betting Startups

1 month ago | news.bettingstartups.com | Brant James

"The Expedia of sports betting" is growing into its own, and doing so on its own terms“What’s New” is a series dedicated to featuring past guests of The Betting Startups Podcast, where we check in on how things have been going since the podcast. This edition of What’s New features Linemate, which appeared on Ep. 103 of the podcast in February 2024.

2 months ago | news.bettingstartups.com | Brant James

The math-teacher-turned-company-founder reflects on the four year journey bootstrapping his betting research tool into a category leader“What’s New” is a series dedicated to featuring past guests of The Betting Startups Podcast, where we check in on how things have been going since the podcast. This edition of What’s New features props.cash, which appeared on Ep. 25 of the podcast in June 2022. Props.Cash isn’t old. But it entered the sports betting ecosystem in Canada early.

2 months ago | news.bettingstartups.com | Brant James

Bo Grey, founder of Wager Score, continues his crusade to bring problem gambling prevention to the forefront with younger consumers“Our timeline is really based on when the industry wants to adopt some of these safeguards,” Grey shared on the Betting Startups Podcast back in 2022. “You see a good first step with what FanDuel did and the fact that they're at least giving consumers their data and putting it in a dashboard and showing them what they're spending. That's a good start.

Jan 16, 2025 | news.bettingstartups.com | Brant James

With a heavy emphasis on social mechanics, the Liverpool-based startup is bringing American-style DFS to its home marketNow, Liverpool-based Betmate is bringing a uniquely American taste back across the Atlantic Ocean. A recently announced $2 million seed round will help the four-year-old company introduce the UK to the type of player-versus-player fantasy sports-style social competition that thrived in the U.S. long before the tumble of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act in 2018.

Jan 16, 2025 | news.bettingstartups.com | Brant James

HotTakes launches new app to deliver "paper trading for sports betting" The gamified free-to-play app that helps educate new sports bettors looks to replicate its Ontario success in the US market“What we're trying to do is create win-wins for operators and users,” co-founder Tyler Amirault told BettingStartups.com.