ESPN Bet was the US online sportsbook operated by PENN Entertainment under a licensing agreement with ESPN, launched in November 2023 in around seventeen states and expanded to around twenty, replacing PENN's earlier Barstool Sportsbook. The agreement, under which PENN paid ESPN for the brand and marketing integration, did not deliver the market share either side had projected, and in November 2025 the companies agreed to end it early, with the sportsbook migrating to PENN's theScore Bet brand from December 2025. The ESPN Bet brand is therefore no longer in operation; its customers, licences and technology continue under theScore Bet.
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