Fanatics Sportsbook protected Missouri mobile sports betting market gain access to through a partnership with Boyd Gaming, the two groups announced Monday.

protected Missouri mobile wagering access through a collaboration with Boyd Gaming, gaining rights for both online and retail sportsbooks.

- The deal makes Fanatics the eighth operator with Missouri market gain access to, signing up with DraftKings, Circa, FanDuel, bet365, BetMGM, Caesars, and PENN/ESPN BET.

- Fanatics, now a top-five U.S. sportsbook after acquiring PointsBet in 2024, continues to broaden across the country while competing with FanDuel and DraftKings.

The deal provides Fanatics a path to statewide mobile wagering in Missouri. It ends up being the eighth book to protect a license or announce a market gain access to partner. Missouri requires all but 2 of its sportsbooks to partner with either a state professional sports team or a brick-and-mortar gambling establishment before it can earn a mobile betting license.

Fanatics will likewise brand retail sportsbooks at Boyd's two Missouri residential or commercial properties, Ameristar Kansas City and Ameristar St. Charles, near St. Louis.

The partnership comes a month after Boyd sold its 5% ownership stake in FanDuel back to the sportsbook's moms and dad company, Flutter Entertainment. Boyd had previously partnered with FanDuel in several states for retail and online sports wagering access.

Financial regards to the deal were not announced. Boyd had received numerous million dollars every year in previous collaboration deals with FanDuel.

Boyd operates a mobile sportsbook in its home state of Nevada. It does not appear it prepares to open the book in Missouri.

Fanatics' mobile sportsbook is live in 22 states and Washington D.C., and the company likewise manages retail books in 8 states.

Fanatics has actually become one of the nation's five highest-grossing sportsbooks across the country because it got PointsBet in 2024. Though it tracks U.S. market share leaders FanDuel and DraftKings, state incomes reports show Fanatics is earning greater market share than other leading books such as BetMGM and Caesars.

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Fanatics will sign up with a congested field of sportsbooks that jointly accept more than 99% of all legal bets positioned nationwide.

DraftKings protected among Missouri's 2 "untethered" mobile sports betting licenses, which enable it market access without partnering with a sports team or casino. Circa Sportsbook secured the other untethered license.

FanDuel, the U.S. national leader by gross video gaming earnings and manage, announced market access plans with MLS club St. Louis CITY shortly after it lost out on the untethered license to Circa. Previously, bet365 revealed a market access offer with MLB's St. Louis Cardinals.

Four other groups might partner with a sportsbook: the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs, MLB's Kansas City Royals, the NHL's St. Louis Blues, and the NWSL's Kansas City Current.

BetMGM revealed an online and retail market gain access to handle Century Casinos. BetMGM parent operator MGM Resorts does not handle a gambling establishment in Missouri.

Missouri sportsbooks that have actually gotten, used or revealed plans to obtain a Missouri mobile sports betting license:

bet365. BetMGM. Caesars. Circa. DraftKings. ESPN BET. Fanatics. FanDuel. Underdog

Caesars and PENN Entertainment, which both manage 3 Missouri gambling establishments, announced plans to introduce their respective mobile sportsbooks in the state. Both Caesars and ESPN BET have market access due to their associations with state casinos.

Underdog is the only other sportsbook operator to make an application for a Missouri sports wagering license since Aug. 25. The business has not announced its market access partner.

BetRivers, based in neighboring Illinois, is among the other leading candidates for a Missouri license. Hard Rock, which manages an Illinois gambling establishment and has launched its mobile sportsbook in the state, could also look for a license.

Bally's is the only other Missouri gambling establishment operator that handles a mobile sportsbook. The business has actually not openly announced launch plans in the state.