Caesars Entertainment is bringing its online horse race wagering operations to new markets.
The gaming and hospitality giant announced the launch of its pari-mutuel horse racing offerings in both West Virginia and Wyoming, bringing its reach to a total of 10 states.
Caesars is providing customers in West Virginia and Wyoming with access to online horse racing through its standalone app, Caesars Racebook, and through an interface located within its sportsbook app. The company’s standalone horse racing app is powered by the New York Racing Association’s (NYRA) online wagering platform, NYRA Bets.
Caesars and the NYRA partnered in 2022 to launch Caesars Racebook, providing users with the opportunity to place pari-mutual wagers on horse races from more than 250 tracks.
Caesars bringing its horse racing offerings to West Virginia and Wyoming comes less than a year after the company expanded the reach of its horse racing services. Last April, Caesars added pari-mutual wagering to its online wagering products in Kentucky and Colorado.
Caesars currently offers online horse racing via its standalone and sportsbook apps in:
- Colorado
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- New York
- Ohio
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
Recent movement in U.S. horse racing
Caesars is bolstering its horse race offerings amid recent shifts in strategy for some of the largest gaming brands in America.
Earlier this week, DraftKings announced that it will be transitioning its online horse racing operations from its standalone platform, DK Horse, into its upgraded gaming app.
Its new product integration, DraftKings Racing, debuted in Delaware, New Mexico and Rhode Island. DraftKings Racing will continue to launch in licensed markets on a state-by-state basis. DK Horse will no longer be available in markets where the product is launched.
As of March 31, DraftKings offered online horse wagering in 26 U.S. jurisdictions.
Meanwhile, FanDuel is also in the midst of changes. The company is planning to sunset its linear TV horse racing network, FanDuel TV, over the next year and a half.
The operational change will have no impact on FanDuel’s horse race wagering operations or the company’s programming of non-horse racing content. The eventual shuttering of FanDuel TV will result in the reduction of roughly 60% of the network’s workforce by July 1.
FanDuel TV will cease operations in 2027 after its launch five years prior as a rebrand of TVG—a brand under the ownership of Betfair, a subsidiary of FanDuel owner Flutter.
