The Wings and the Mercury will tip off the 2018 WNBA season tonight in the same week that the U.S. Supreme Court moved to legalize sports gambling. And what happens with the WNBA might indicate what a deeper integration of sports and betting might look like in America.
On Thursday, the WNBA and FanDuel extended their existing partnership for another two seasons. That becomes especially important when considering that Irish bookmaker Paddy Power is closing in on a deal to buy the American fantasy sports company.
In 2017, the first year that the league signed with the FanDuel, the gaming site counted more than 2.