Both of the major fantasy sports companies in the US, Fanduel & DraftKings are racing to offer sports betting after a recent law change...
http://fortune.com/2018/08/01/draftkings-sportsbook-betting/...FanDuel and DraftKings got to work immediately. Why? Sports gambling will account for a huge chunk of their business.
Annually, illegal sports betting amounts to an approximately $150 billion industry, and DraftKings isnt waiting until the fall to start taking bets from its users.
Hannigan-Daley said he expects the majority of DraftKings existing users to download its sportsbook offering because 75% of our users are already betting on sports in some capacity, according to our research.
Has XFC considered adding football betting? You could start with just one high profile match a week to see if theres any interest.
(The global sports betting market is worth hundreds of billions and >65% of it is bet on soccer)