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FanDuel able to become first licensed operator in Virginia through partnership with football team.
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- Washington Football Team and FanDuel jointly issued Virginia’s first sports betting licence
- State law dictates that ‘substantial and preferred consideration’ be given to applications tied to major league teams headquartered in Virginia
The Washington Football Team have become the first National Football League (NFL) franchise to be granted a sports betting licence through a partnership with gaming company FanDuel.
NFL teams are not permitted to directly participate in or provide sports betting, but a league spokesman told ESPN that franchises in states that grant teams market access can select a sportsbook to utilise their licence.
The joint licence for FanDuel and the Washington Football Team is the first issued in Virginia, where legalised sports betting officially went live on 21st January.
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John Hagerty, a spokesperson for the Virginia Lottery, which is responsible for issuing sports betting permits in the state, confirmed to the Washington Post that FanDuel was able to obtain a licence ahead of other operators because it submitted its application in conjunction with the Washington Football Team.
According to state law, the Virginia Lottery must give ‘substantial and preferred consideration’ to any ‘major league sports franchise headquartered in the commonwealth’ that withheld more than $200 million in 2019 state taxes.
The Washington Football Team play at FedExField in Maryland but their headquarters are in Ashburn, Virginia.
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Further details about the partnership between the NFL franchise and FanDuel were not made public, but Mike Raffensperger, the gaming company’s chief marketing officer, told ESPN: “The way the Virginia legislation is written, there is preferential treatment to the team, which is one of the reasons why we're privileged to be the first sportsbook live in the state of Virginia.”
Further licence approvals for other gambling companies in Virginia are “imminent”, Hagerty told the Washington Post, which added that the state is likely to have more than one licensed sports betting operator in time for the Super Bowl in February.
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