Hartford Sites Part Of New Online Sports Betting Deal

Connecticut Lottery Corp.

HARTFORD, CT — Two Hartford sites are involved in this week's announcement of a new sports gambling arrangement involving the "Fanatics" brand and the Connecticut Lottery Corp.

Fanatics Betting and Gaming, a subsidiary of Fanatics Holdings Inc., a global digital sports platform, soft-launched online sports betting Tuesday in Connecticut.

As a result, the Fanatics Sportsbook now serves as the Connecticut Lottery Corp.'s exclusive sports betting partner for mobile and retail channels.

For this week, the Fanatics Sportsbook will accept 2,000 online customers with the full launch coming on Monday, Dec. 18.

Sports fans in Connecticut will be able to download the Fanatics Sportsbook on iOS and Android or visit any of 10 retail sports betting locations to begin their Fanatics experience.

Fanatics Sportsbook will be the official odds provider for all CT Lottery retail sports betting locations.

It offers legal betting markets for all major sports including professional and college football, basketball, hockey, and baseball, alongside tennis, soccer, golf, MMA, and boxing.

Sports fans will start seeing the Fanatics Sportsbook change this week at locations across Connecticut, including two in Hartford: Winners Hartford, 121 Brainard Road, Harford, and the XL Center Sports Bar & Sportsbook at Church and Ann Uccello streets.

For more information on Fanatics Sportsbook, click on this link.

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