Smith went on that they are excited to be able to offer both mobile and retail wagering experience in one of the nation’s most populous states as they continue to expand their partnership with FanDuel. Perfect PartnersĬommenting on their Illinois launch, Boyd Gaming CEO and President Keith Smith said that “given the tremendous success of our existing FanDuel Sportsbooks, we are confident that the FanDuel Par-A-Dice Sportsbook will quickly become Illinois sports bettors’ mobile app of choice.” The betting operator and the casino company first signed their alliance in mid-2018 and have since launched betting apps in Indiana and Pennsylvania and have opened retail FanDuel-branded sportsbooks at eight Boyd-owned casinos in five states. Illinois is the latest state FanDuel has entered in partnership with Boyd. Louis and rebranding the property as DraftKings at Casino Queen. In a similar manner, FanDuel rival DraftKings went live in Illinois earlier in the summer by partnering Casino Queen in East St. That name represents a workaround to emergency branding rules proposed by state regulators earlier this year that require Illinois’ casinos to “only offer Internet and mobile sports betting wagering under the Ĭasino’s brand or a brand owned by certain related entities with an 80% ownership interest.” The sports betting operator has extended an existing partnership with Boyd Gaming to go live in Illinois with the casino operator’s Par-A-Dice Casino in East Peoria.įanDuel currently offers digital sports betting in Illinois, but since Par-A-Dice Casino holds a license to provide wagering services, a retail sportsbook could soon open doors at the gambling venue.įanDuel operates as FanDuel Par-A-Dice Sportsbook in Illinois. FanDuel has officially stepped into the Illinois sports betting mix with the recent launch of a betting app and online sportsbook in the state.

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