Overview
- The ESPN–Penn online betting agreement will be terminated early on Dec. 1, 2025, ending the ESPN Bet sportsbook after roughly two years.
- Penn will rebrand its U.S. sportsbook as theScore Bet on Dec. 1, while ESPN Bet becomes a betting content brand anchored by ESPN BET Live.
- DraftKings will be ESPN’s exclusive official sportsbook and odds provider starting Dec. 1, powering the betting tab in the ESPN app with sportsbook, daily fantasy and Pick6, with fuller integrations planned in 2026.
- Penn’s remaining payments to ESPN stop in the fourth quarter of 2025, with $38.1 million in final fees and $5 million in transition advertising support detailed in an SEC filing.
- ESPN Bet underperformed with low single-digit market share versus a roughly 20% goal in a market led by FanDuel and DraftKings.