00:00Sam, I remember all the excitement where I am in Massachusetts about pending legalization for gambling and sports books and when it was right around the corner and just the, again, all the enthusiasm around it helps that, you know, a company like DraftKings, obviously, is headquartered in the Boston area.
00:16But even still, you know, state to state when these things happen, it's just there's a zest around it. And that's coming to Missouri in just a couple of days. And that means deadline for Friday for various sports books, you know, name them, you know, to get their applications in to be legal in those states.
00:35We've already seen a half dozen legalized there or at least, you know, prepared to be legalized there with their applications in. But what else is on the way here in the next 48 hours or so?
00:46Yeah, you're going to have every sports book that hasn't already applied, really try to get that crunch in there if they haven't yet to be in the Missouri market when it launches in December.
00:55In Missouri is obviously, you know, a pretty significant state in size. It's not the biggest, but it is very important, especially this season, because it's the only state that's going to launch legal sports betting this entire season.
01:07This was actually the first week one where we didn't have a new state on board. So sports books weren't able to add more signup bonuses or more signup customers.
01:16Installing the app for the first time. Of course, you know, you get more signups when people turn 21 every year, but they're real. The heart of how they add business is when new states turn on, of course, as you know, have about 38 states have legalized sports betting.
01:28There's not a ton left. So Missouri is kind of that last one out there for them really to try to compete, get ahead in the market. It's supposed to launch in December.
01:37It looks like everything is tracking smoothly right now. The state has already given out licenses or approved the pre-process of licenses for sports books like DraftKings, sports books like Circa.
01:47You've had sports books like FanDuel partnering with teams in the state, which will likely give them a license as well. Fanatics, Underdog, Caesars have all applied as well.
01:56You know, there's not many other sports books out there to join in, but if they if there are, they're definitely going to do it.
02:02I have to get it in quick before the end of the week so they can be live by the start of Missouri's launch in December.
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