Ninety minutes later, he had shaved those 100-1 odds to 50-1. He’d feed a machine a couple, knowing they didn’t register wagers that paid more than $25,000. Kezirian arrived at those BetMGM kiosks with a bunch of C-notes and a plan. “To be able to work on these shows together and make sweet music every day is just so incredible, so awesome.” “We have so many bells and whistles, so many who excel at their jobs,” says Kezirian, 44. The slick studio overlooks the Strip, and Kezirian applauds every ESPN co-worker behind the scenes. Supreme Court allowed states to pursue sports wagering, ESPN created “Daily Wager” and Kezirian was named host.
In August 2017, reporting on the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor boxing match in Vegas, his wagering acumen and contacts impressed ESPN brass. He’d visit Stephen, in the Boston area, whose four young kids roar when they see Uncle Doug on TV. so much goes into it.”Īt ESPN, Doug did everything from anchor “SportsCenter” to host various radio shows. “Luck, circumstance, a little bit of extra energy. “The difference between success and failure can be a very thin line,” Stephen says.
Lore has it that the network had one opening, had met with 30 to 40 people, and Doug was the last to interview. Two weeks later, ESPN instigated formal interviews. When a friend’s 2012 wedding was relocated from Mexico to New York, Doug had the impetus to coordinate two informal meetings with ESPN talent officials. “But he stuck it out, lived frugally and did what it took to make it work.” “Shocking, and 70- to 80-hour work weeks,” he says. “It does add an additional level of interest to the game and it can keep people even when games aren’t close.” He hopes ESPN will expand the “BetCast” to others sports and expand its scope next season with the NFL.Stephen Kezirian, who had an executive stint with the former CG Technologies in Vegas, knew some of his sibling’s salaries. “We know that even if the game is not in doubt, we will have plenty to talk about from a sports-betting standpoint,” says Clark.
In addition to the NFL and the NBA, ESPN has a sizable rights deal with Major League Baseball, and recently snared the bulk of NHL rights for the 2021-2022 season. ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro recently suggested the company is even considering a “megacast” for a Super Bowl broadcast to which Disney won recently won rights in negotiations with the NFL.īut ESPN executives believe sports-betting information is likely to become a part of many game broadcasts in the future. The company even tried an NFL game on sister cable outlet Freeform, which aims for younger viewers interested in serialized drama. During the game, Katie Nolan and others were superimposed at the bottom of the screen and were able to hold forth in less formal fashion as stats and emojis popped up over the game action above them.ĭuring the most recent NFL season, ESPN tried “megacasts” of “Monday Night Football” that offered different viewers broadcasts tailored to their interests.
In June of that year, the media outlet tried streaming a version of Game 2 of the NBA Finals aimed at younger viewers and visible only through the ESPN mobile app. The company tested a “KidsCast” in 2019, with teens giving play by play for the Little League World Series. The show is just the latest in a cascade of bespoke game coverage to spill from ESPN in the past few years. We will mix in basketball conversation as well, but it will really run the gamut of sports betting action points.” It will begin through pre-game odds, live odds, prop bets and we will discuss betting strategies and approaches. “This won’t have a strict play-by-play analysis,” says Scott Clark, senior coordinating producer of sports betting and fantasy sports for ESPN, in an interview. There will be a pre-game and halftime show devoted to the latest developments around wagering. Kendrick Perkins, an ESPN NBA analyst, will also take part in the “BetCast” coverage. The “BetCast” will feature Doug Kezirian, Joe Fortenbaugh and Tyler Fulghum, some of the sportsbetting analysts from ESPN’s “Daily Wager” show, who will hold forth from Las Vegas.
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Media companies ranging from Fox Corporation to NBCUniversal have formed alliances with sportsbooks and casinos and are testing a variety of interactive wagering games that are, in some cases, even being applied to mainstream TV fare. Like many sports-media outlets, ESPN has increasingly paid attention to sports wagering, which Morgan Stanley in 2019 projected might generate nearly $7 billion in revenue by 2025, compared with $833 million in 2019.
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