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- Penn National Gaming is set to acquire Hollywood Casino Perryville.
- This will allow Barstool sportsbook to operate in Maryland.
- The deal is for an estimated $31.1 million.
PERRYVILLE, Md. – Maryland sports bettors will soon be able to take action with the popular Barstool sports betting brand after Penn National acquires Hollywood Casino Perryville.
The casino will be purchased for $31.1 million and Penn National will then take over the annual $7.77 million rent fee for the GLPI real estate assets association.
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Penn National will be entering the Maryland sports betting market for the first time, making Barstool one of the first sportsbooks to operate in the state after it approved legal sports betting in November.
Barstool Meets Maryland
The Maryland sports betting market is new but will be starting out with a major heavy hitter in Barstool sportsbook. Sports betting is set to officially launch in 2021.
With the launch, Penn National is taking the early steps in claiming the market by purchasing the Hollywood Casino Perryville.
Both land-based and the Barstool sportsbook mobile app (pending regulatory approval) will be available for Maryland sports bettors thanks to the acquisition. Sports bettors in the Old Line State will have access to the full network of sports betting options Barstool has to offer.
“Penn National is excited to acquire the operations of Hollywood Casino Perryville, a property we developed in 2010, which will allow us to re-enter the strong Maryland gaming market and add a twentieth gaming jurisdiction to our leading nationwide footprint,” saidJay Snowden, President, and CEO of Penn National. “In addition, with the recent approval of sports betting through the overwhelming passage of Question 2 on Election Day, Maryland is expected to soon become a significant retail and mobile sports betting market. As such, this acquisition provides another opportunity to expand our unique omni-channel platform with a Barstool-branded retail sportsbook and mobile app.”
Since sports betting has not officially launched as of yet, and the Maryland legislature still has to work out the rules in a 2021 session, Maryland bettors will have to wait to get their hands on the Barstool sportsbook.
Should everything be approved, however, then the sportsbook could launch just in time for betting on the 2021 NFL season.
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The much-anticipated Barstool Sportsbook is now live in Pennsylvania.
It comes with an army of fans, bombastic “El Presidente” David Portnoy and high hopes from Penn National.
After a three-day test period, the Barstool Sportsbook achieved regulatory approval from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. It will now be available 24/7 to people 21+ physically located in Pennsylvania. Users can access it via desktop or by downloading it in the Apple App Store.
Through Barstool’s partnership with Hollywood Casino, Pennsylvania will be the first state in which it launches its sportsbook. A press release indicated that Penn National plans to bring the Barstool Sportsbook app to additional states in the coming months.
Invite-only launch
Barstool is the 10th online sportsbook in Pennsylvania. It is the first to limit the number of users during the test period.
During Penn National’s January acquisition of Barstool, Penn touted its 66 million monthly unique visitors. Jay Snowden, president and chief executive officer of Penn National, said:
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“We believe the significant reach of Barstool Sports and loyalty of its audience will lead to meaningful reductions in customer acquisition and promotional costs for our sports betting and online products, significantly enhancing profitability and driving value for our shareholders.”
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Of course, all 66 million people aren’t located in Pennsylvania, nor are they all going to download the app. However, the arrival of Barstool’s sports betting product comes with much anticipation and an already built-in audience.
Portnoy calls PA step one in plan for world domination
At around 1 p.m. EST on Sept. 15, Barstool went fully live. An email was sent from Portnoy shortly after to the site’s users. It said that Pennsylvania was “just step 1 of our world domination plan.”
“We plan to quickly launch in every state where sports gambling is legal. Just like how we’ve built this company brick by brick, we will launch state by state and give each state the attention it deserves.
“Obviously, my haters, of which there are many, are hoping we fail. Well, I have an undying faith in the loyalty of our fans that make me believe we will do what we always do, and that’s shut up the critics and astound Wall Street with our performance.”
The email ended with Portnoy saying that the Barstool Sportsbook app can be downloaded no matter where your location is. (However, you won’t be able to play until is legal in your state).
Portnoy bets big on Phillies and Pirates
Portnoy didn’t waste any time placing bets on the Philadelphia Phillies and the Pittsburgh Pirates.
20K on Phillies to win and 5K on Bryce Harper to get a hit #BetResponsibly#ExcitementTax#1800GamblerForHelphttps://t.co/j7TBrRvh11
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) September 18, 2020
I didn’t forget about you Pittsburgh #BarstoolSportsbookpic.twitter.com/dx7NURnQxu
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) September 18, 2020
A look at Barstool Sportsbook
Barstool Sportsbook comes with the standard wagering options and in-game wagering, cross-sports parlays, moneylines, futures, teasers, round robins and numerous prop bets. Deposit and withdrawal methods are similar to other PA sportsbook apps.
Barstool Sportsbook exclusives:
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- Barstool Personality Picks and Parlays: Daily opportunities to follow or fade the Barstool team’s picks and parlays
- Quick Pick 6: A system-generated, random six-leg parlay where bettors can control the legs and the wager
- Daily Odds Boosts
Also, the app has a “Move the Line” scroller that allows users to buy and sell points by using a scroller button.
Penn National betting big on Barstool
In late January, Penn National Gaming acquired a 36% stake in Barstool Sports for $163 million in cash and stock. The transaction valued Barstool at $450 million. The agreement gives Penn National the sole rights to use the Barstool Sports brand for its online sports betting and online casino products.
At the SBC Digital Summit North America in July, Jay Snowden, president and CEO of Penn National Gaming, discussed the acquisition.
“We knew the one thing that we were missing from a sports betting perspective at Penn was a brand to lead with and an audience to market to. We had great casino brands, but our audience today tends to skew older — 45-plus — and the sports bettors tend to skew younger — 21 to 45 — so that’s where we started to look at who we might want to partner with, and of course we eventually bought Barstool.”
“We’re going to lead with the Barstool brand from an online sports betting perspective,” he said. “We’re also in the process of converting our existing retail sportsbooks inside of our casinos and our sports bars to Barstool branded sportsbooks and sports bars.”
Penn National stock soars on Barstool launch day
Penn National Gaming stock ($PENN) opened Nasdaq trading at $65.54 a share on Tuesday. It hit a 52-week high of $69.77 a share at around 11:25 a.m. But it beat that on Friday with a new high of $76.62. $PENN closed on Friday at $70.55
Penn’s stock gained steam when it announced the Barstool deal in late January. It wasn’t immune to the jarring effects of COVID-19 and sunk to less than $4 a share in March. But it bounced back in July, reaching $37 a share, then came on strong in late August at $56.
A book with interesting characters
With the arrival of the Barstool Sportsbook, Pennsylvania will have 10 online sportsbooks. However, until now, only Fox Bet has used personalities to market its product.
The Barstool Sportsbook will be unique in that it’s a sports media company entering the sports betting vertical. Also, no other sportsbook has an outspoken and sometimes controversial face of the product like Portnoy.
Said Snowden during the SBC Digital Summit:
“We obviously spent a lot of time doing diligence on Barstool, and we got very comfortable with making an investment in Barstool. Dave Portnoy and the folks at Barstool are a sort of meshing of Sports Center and Howard Stern and reality TV. It’s a sports media company, but at the end of the day, these are entertainers. They create content — they’re comedians.”
Penn’s latest gaming app joins its current offering of a Hollywood online casino and sportsbook.
