ESPN Boosts Betting Profile Ahead Of U.S. Football Season

ESPN’s sports betting news and information programme Daily Wager moves to ESPN2 on August 20 and will be expanding with a new Sunday morning edition to air during the upcoming football season.

Daily Wager, which was launched on March 11, airs from 6-7 p.m. ET Monday through Friday. To date, it has gone out on ESPNEWS.

“Daily Wager has caught on with our viewers and now we look forward to serving even more sports fans with the move to ESPN2,” said Ilan Ben-Hanan, ESPN Vice President, Programming and Acquisitions, who oversees ESPN’s sports betting programming. “And the addition of a new Sunday morning edition this fall will expand the audience even more during a very busy time of the year.”

The one-hour Sunday morning edition of Daily Wager, which debuts September 8 will feature up-to-the-minute analytics, point spreads and discussion of how the day’s news will affect sports betting.

Also on August 20, ESPNEWS viewers will notice a change in the look of the channel as the screen is modified to include surrounding graphics related to sports betting news, lines and information 24 hours a day, with the exception of during live event telecasts. The same format will appear on ESPN2 during Daily Wager episodes.

As part of a new deal announced earlier this year between ESPN and Caesars Entertainment, Caesars is serving as ESPN’s official odds data supplier.