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Super Bowl LVIII was great for ratings, averaging a record 123.7 million viewers, according to Nielsen. It also appeared to be a notable one for major betting companies.

DraftKings came under scrutiny on Monday for allegedly offering a parlay featuring New York City-area sports teams in remembrance of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

New Jersey lawmakers are considering extending the authorization for online gambling another ten years as online gambling is producing record revenue for the state this year.

The expansion of online betting into New York, as well as the overall increase in states that legalized betting, has helped the number of bets surge this year.

New York State gambling regulators approved online sports-betting licenses Monday for nine operators including FanDuel Group, DraftKings Inc. and BetMGM to operate in the new market.

Entain Plc on Tuesday confirmed that U.S. fantasy sports betting company DraftKings has made an offer to buy the British gambling firm in a deal that one media report said could be valued at $20 billion.