Charlie Horner
Senior Journalist @SBC_Americas | Sunderland AFC SC holder | Gretsch and Fender-playing, southpaw guitarist
Appears in 43 Episodes
Ep 163: How much credit should we give US sportbook promos?
Bonus bets, promo dollars, sign-up offers, extra action, whatever you do just don’t call them free bets. Whatever you call them though, promotional spending is a huge ...
Ep 162: Winds of change for Entain and Brazil
There’s winds of change happening across the gambling sector as Entain’s troubled 2023 looks set to bring in new leadership and Brazil’s ongoing sports betting bill ge...
Ep 150: Catena places all its chips on US growth
Last week, alongside the publishing of its Q3 results, Catena Media announced that it had completed its 18-month long corporate strategic review?A year of deal making ...
Ep 147: A tribal tale of two coasts in California and Florida
The Thanksgiving holiday in the United States has long been considered a time not just for community and family but a time to reflect on how the country has historical...
Ep 138: ESPN Bet - Brand Building & Integrity
We are less than a week away from the official launch of ESPN BET and the picture is becoming clearer about how Penn and the Worldwide Leader in Sports will interplay ...
Ep 135: Streamlining, sunrises and Stateside dreams - what next for Entain?
Prior to posting its Q3 trading update, Entain had warned investors of ‘aggravating factors’ impacting period trading and lowering the firm’s full-year earnings guidan...
Ep 113: Is DFS Just Fantasy?
It's a Daily Fantasy Sport episode on Thursday's iGaming Daily off the back of SBC Americas' interview with Underdog Fantasy CEO Jeremy Levine, that looked at the rel...
Ep 079: ESPN a better bet than Barstool for Penn?
This week Penn Entertainment shocked the sports betting setor as the firm ditched Barstool Media altogether and rebranding its existing sportsbook ESPN Bet as part of ...
Ep 074: Is Betr Picks the best bet?
To bet or not to bet? That is the legal question surrounding Daily Fantasy Sport sites in the US offering prop-style options. While many, including FanDuel and DraftKi...
Ep 071: Flutter & Fox collaboration graded F and BetMGM on 'path to profitability'
Flutter Entertainment and the Fox Corporation announced the phased closure of the pair’s joint sports betting business, almost four years after the entity first came t...
Ep 070: Messi, the NFL, Disney and ESPN - a new era for US sports broadcasting
The House of Mouse knows no bounds as it sets it eyes on the US sporting landscape. Recent reports stated that Disney, along with its subsidiary company ESPN, are mano...
Ep 056: Did Massachusetts go 21 and over the top?
Age-gating is one of the topics du jour in US sports betting and online gambling but is it an instance of all action and not enough talk?Massachusetts recently took un...
Ep 050: Does new NCAA betting policy make the grade?
The off-season has been busy for sports leagues as they all are taking time to rethink how they approach their sports betting policies. This week the NCAA revised its ...
Ep 044: DraftKings throws a Fanatics Hail Mary
The industry has been fanatical about Fanatics since the second-wave sportsbook has started to roll out in the States. What was already an intriguing proposition is tu...
Ep 034: School's Out (for sportsbooks)
It’s that time of year when college students across the US are partying the hardest as graduation season is upon us. But college students have been in the news for muc...
Ep 030: Sports betting nipping at North Carolina's Tar Heels
North Carolina is on the cusp of being the latest US state to legalise commercial sports betting after both chambers pushed through HB347. Yet, one final hurdle must b...
Ep 028: Torn on Toney
On today’s episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by SBC Summit Barcelona, Joe Streeter, Editor at Insider Sport, and Charlie Horner, Senior Journalist at SBC Americas, j...
Ep 022: Ivan Toney and football's relationship with gambling
Last week witnessed Ivan Toney, the Premier League striker who plays for Brentford Football Club, handed an eight month suspension after admitting 232 breaches of the ...
Ep 019: US goes Fanatics over $150m PointsBet deal
Fanatics announced earlier this week that it would be buying PointsBet US for $150m. Making a big splash into the US sports betting market, Fanatics will gain market a...
Ep 014: SBC Summit North America
The SBC Summit North America kicks-off in New Jersey as James Ross is once again joined by SBC Americas Editor Jessica Welman, Charlie Horner, Senior Business Jouralis...