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Brandon Earhart

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53 total appearances

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Bloomberg Tech
AI Backstop Debate, Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package

I think I've done enough.

Bloomberg Tech
AI Backstop Debate, Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package

Sixth and finally, on the 2025 CEO Performance Award to our founder and CEO, Elon Musk.

Bloomberg Tech
AI Backstop Debate, Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package

with over 75% voting in favor.

Bloomberg Tech
AI Backstop Debate, Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package

Approved.

Bloomberg Tech
AI Backstop Debate, Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package

Well, first of all, ESPN is a, you know, iconic brand.

Bloomberg Tech
AI Backstop Debate, Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package

It's, you know, by far the biggest name in sports in the United States, and they have an incredible portfolio, an unmatched portfolio of sports content, influencers, talent.

Bloomberg Tech
AI Backstop Debate, Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package

So it's really, you know,

Bloomberg Tech
AI Backstop Debate, Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package

for us, just the greatest partner you can have when you're in the space we're in.

Bloomberg Tech
AI Backstop Debate, Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package

And Jimmy Pataro, who runs it, really understands and I think values the sports betting space and understands that the customer overlap is high and it's important that they engage their customers by being partnered with somebody like DraftKings.

Bloomberg Tech
AI Backstop Debate, Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package

So really excited to embark on it.

Bloomberg Tech
AI Backstop Debate, Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package

We've been partners with them many times in the past, so it's familiar territory.

Bloomberg Tech
AI Backstop Debate, Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package

We know all the people there and we're looking forward to working together.

Bloomberg Tech
AI Backstop Debate, Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package

You add that to our deals with NBC Universal and Amazon and others, we have an unmatched, I think, presence across the sports landscape over the next several years.

Bloomberg Tech
AI Backstop Debate, Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package

I think very little.

Bloomberg Tech
AI Backstop Debate, Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package

If you look at the UK, for example, exchange-based betting is about 5% of the total pie.

Bloomberg Tech
AI Backstop Debate, Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package

So, you know, that's probably about right.

Bloomberg Tech
AI Backstop Debate, Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package

And I think a lot of it is largely incremental because there are market makers and others that are not present on traditional sportsbooks that generate a lot of the volume.

Bloomberg Tech
AI Backstop Debate, Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package

So I think it's very much an incremental opportunity for us.

Bloomberg Tech
AI Backstop Debate, Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package

And that's why we're so excited about it.

Bloomberg Tech
AI Backstop Debate, Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package

We acquired Real Bird and we're also looking to, you know, enter the market sometime in the next couple of months.

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