Gearing up for sports betting? — Is Fox

Domain names suggest some sort of sports betting is in the works.

Image of smart phone with sports betting app

Last year NBC Sports registered many domain names related to sports betting counting NBCSportbook.com and NBCSportsSportsbook.com.

Update: Once again, the domains tip off the story: Fox is introducing a betting app.

It appears that Fox might also be gearing up for sports betting. A firm just registered these domain names:

foxbetaccumulator.com
foxbetdailyfantasy.com
foxbetdfs.com
foxbetfantasy.com
foxbetfantasygames.com
foxbetfavorite.com
foxbetmountairy.com
foxbetparlay.com
foxbetpools.com
foxbetpredictor.com
foxbetsdfs.com
foxbetspreads.com
foxbetsyndicate.com
foxbetvirtualhorseracing.com
foxbetvirtualsports.com
foxfantasygames.com
foxfantasysports.com
foxsportspoker.com
foxsportsvegas.com

The domain names were registered at brand protection registrar MarkMonitor using a Whois privacy service. Fox uses MarkMonitor for its domain registrations.

Many states are liberalizing sports betting laws, which could be a boon to networks.

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