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\n\tA potential takeover of Caesars Entertainment<\/a> by Houston Rockets<\/a> owner Tilman Fertitta<\/a>\u2019s company Fertitta Entertainment comes with operational complexities for the businessman, given his NBA<\/a> ties and current U.S. ambassadorship to Italy and San Marino.<\/p>\n \n\tCaesars offers betting action on the Rockets at both its online and brick-and-mortar sportsbooks. In the past, when a franchise and sportsbook share owners, the sportsbook doesn\u2019t take wagers related to that team.<\/p>\n \n\tBecause of Fertitta\u2019s club ownership, Caesars will likely cease Rockets bets across its holdings if it is sold to Fertitta Entertainment\u2014a notable loss of a competitive NBA team from its online and land-based sportsbook menus.<\/p>\n \n\tFertitta has already experienced this limitation, which only applies to majority ownership of a company with a sportsbook. Before he sold<\/a> gambling firm Golden Nugget\u2019s online properties to DraftKings in 2021, the digital sportsbook couldn\u2019t post Rockets lines. Fertitta still owns numerous Golden Nugget brick-and-mortar sites, where sportsbooks continue to ban Rockets bets.<\/p>\n \n\tThe Financial Times<\/em> was first to report<\/a> Fertitta Entertainment\u2019s interest in Caesars, which has a market cap of $5 billion. A deal probably wouldn\u2019t close in time for this NBA season, meaning 2026-27 would be the earliest that Rockets bets are impacted. Caesars declined a request for comment.<\/p>\n \n\tFertitta\u2019s active involvement in international affairs would further complicate any Caesars acquisition. As a U.S. ambassador, Fertitta is not allowed to have an active operational role in his business interests, so he cannot be involved in the takeover negotiations. When the U.S. confirmed him as an ambassador, he handed off<\/a> Fertitta Entertainment operations to Nicki Keenan.<\/p>\n \n\tIt\u2019s unclear whether Caesars could offer Rockets bets during the period Fertitta is not operating Fertitta Entertainment. The NBA did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n \n\tThere\u2019s one more side story that could emerge from the possible Caesars takeover: Fertitta is a top donor<\/a> to President Donald Trump, and Caesars would benefit from the federal government curtailing sports prediction markets<\/a> \u2026 but Trump\u2019s son, Donald Trump Jr., is an investor in Polymarket, one of the biggest prediction-market companies.<\/p>\n \n\tCaesars stock jumped 19% on the takeover report and finished the week trading at $25.05 per share.<\/p>\n \n\tStill, the company has struggled in recent years and is down more than 70% since 2020. Caesars\u2019 mobile products rank behind BetMGM, DraftKings, Fanatics and FanDuel in market share nationwide, failing to turn its land-based casino prominence into a digital gambling edge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.sportico.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A potential takeover of Caesars Entertainment by Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta\u2019s company Fertitta Entertainment comes with operational complexities for the businessman, given his NBA ties and current U.S. ambassadorship to Italy and San Marino. Caesars offers betting action on the Rockets at both its online and brick-and-mortar sportsbooks. 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