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discussion program, broadcast by

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on Thursday, Friday, and Monday evenings, and Saturday and Sunday mornings. Hosted by Doug Kezirian, it features sports news and analysis presented from the perspective of sports betting. Since November 10, 2023, the program has been co-branded with

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History

''Daily Wager'' premiered on

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on March 11, 2019; its premiere came amid the widening legalization of sports betting in the United States after the 2018 repeal of the

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by '' Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association.'' It would be hosted by ESPN sports betting analyst Doug Kezirian, with "Stanford" Steve Coughlin (who hosts the "Bad Beats" segment on ''

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'' with

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), Joe Fortenbaugh, Tyler Fulghum, and Anita Marks among others as regular contributors. In May 2019, ESPN announced a partnership with Caesars Entertainment, under which Caesars Sportsbook would serve as the data provider for its sports betting content, and ESPN would construct a Las Vegas studio at

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casino hotel for ''Daily Wager'' and other sports betting-oriented content. In August 2019, it was announced that ''Daily Wager'' would move to

beginning August 20, 2019, and add a new Sunday morning edition ahead of NFL season. At this time, betting lines from Caesars Sportsbook began to be displayed on an "L-bar" during ''Daily Wager'', and on ESPNews during non-event programming. In September 2020, ''Daily Wager'' began broadcasting from The Linq. On April 14, 2021, ''Daily Wager'' presented a special alternate feed of an NBA game between the Brooklyn Nets and Philadelphia 76ers on ESPN2, which featured discussion and on-screen graphics highlighting odds, props, and futures relating to the game and the league. It was hosted by Kezirian, Fortenbaugh, and Fulghum from The Linq, joined by ''NBA on ESPN'' analyst Kendrick Perkins. In August 2023, ESPN announced a licensing agreement with

to relaunch its

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-branded sports betting services as

. As this would end ESPN's agreement with Caesars, it was announced that the Las Vegas studio would close, and that ''Daily Wager'' would move back to ESPN's headquarters in

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beginning September 7. It was also announced that the program would add a Saturday morning edition, and adopt a new Thursday–Monday schedule. On November 10, ahead of the service's launch on November 14, ''Daily Wager'' was rebranded as ''ESPN Bet Live''. For the

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in Detroit, the show broadcast on-location from the newly-opened ESPN Bet sportsbook at

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on April 25 and 26.

References

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