The sports betting company DraftKings submitted an all cash offer of about $200 million to buy points bets. Nick Gillespie: The real strategic goal is to make customer acquisition costs as high as possible for competitors and hopefully limit the pool of folks participating in the industry. He says if fanatics wins this deal, you now have a new entrant coming into the market likely going to force their marketing spending up.
DraftKings wants to consolidate the sports betting market, but it still has a long road to profitability. (00:14) Ricky Mulvey and Nick Sciple discuss:-PayPal selling off more than $40 billion of buy now, pay later loans.
-The payment processor's capital allocation strategy. -The DraftKings bid to buy a rival operator. -Why sports betting companies have a customer stickiness problem.
Plus, (12:20) Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp answer listener questions about 401(k)s, investing, and cash management.
Companies/tickers mentioned: PYPL, KKR, AFRM, DKNG, TQQQ
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Host: Ricky Mulvey Guests: Nick Sciple, Alison Southwick, Robert Brokamp Engineers: Tim Sparks, Rick Engdahl
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