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Sports Fantasy website DraftKings gets $250 Million investment from Disney

John Frost 04/06/2015 ESPN, Sports

DraftKings, a sports fantasy website that provides fans a chance to win money with their fantasy teams, has just received a $250 million investment from the Walt Disney Company. In return, DraftKings has reportedly agreed to drop $500 million in advertising on ESPN, which is also owned by Disney (in…
Disney Lobbies to Prevent Las Vegas Style Gambling in Florida, Why Are People Shocked?

John Frost 10/28/2011 Walt Disney World

There is a big article in the Orlando Sentinel regarding Disney’s efforts to lobby the state for items it sees as beneficial to tourism in Central Florida. One of those items is a push to keep Las Vegas style casinos out of Florida, a trend which Disney sees as shifting…