It’s notable to see ESPN giving Daily Wager a bigger platform. The same format will appear on ESPN2 during Daily Wager episodes. The network also announced in that release that ESPNEWS will be getting a new gambling-focused look for everything other than live events, and that this format will also apply to Daily Wager episodes on ESPN2:Īlso on August 20, ESPNEWS viewers will notice a change in the look of the channel as the screen is modified to include surrounding graphics related to sports betting news, lines and information 24 hours a day, with the exception of during live event telecasts.
on ESPNEWS for the first three weeks and then move to ESPN2 beginning Sept. 8, will feature up-to-the-minute analytics, point spreads and discussion of how the day’s news will affect sports betting. The Sunday morning edition of Daily Wager, which debuts Sept. “And the addition of a new Sunday morning edition this fall will expand the audience even more during a very busy time of the year.” …“Daily Wager has caught on with our viewers and now we look forward to serving even more sports fans with the move to ESPN2,” said Ilan Ben-Hanan, ESPN vice president, Programming and Acquisitions, who oversees ESPN’s sports betting programming. Here’s more from their release:ĮSPN’s sports betting news and information program Daily Wager will be moving to a new, permanent home on ESPN2 on August 20 and will be expanding with a new Sunday morning edition to air during the upcoming football season. Now, with football season around the corner, the network is adding a Sunday version of the show and also shifting the show to higher-distribution ESPN2. Back on March 11, they launched the Monday-Friday gambling show Daily Wager, hosted by Doug Kezirian. ESPN is making some further moves to emphasize their sports gambling content.