PENN Entertainment launched Mint Club on Wednesday, connecting ESPN BET and ESPN accounts through a community feature. Users who link their accounts can access weekly offers and track bets through ESPN BET and the ESPN app; the company said the launch is the first of a series of bet-tracking enhancements.
The feature links sports media use with betting account access and wager tracking for ESPN BET users.
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PENN Entertainment and ESPN agreed to end their online betting partnership, with PENN planning to relaunch theScore Bet in the US. PENN said the ESPN Bet app would be phased out on 1 December; the companies had entered a 10-year agreement in 2023, with provisions allowing an earlier exit.
Penn Entertainment and ESPN agreed to end their 10-year betting partnership, effective 1 December 2025, as Penn shifts its interactive focus towards Canada and its Hollywood iCasino products. Penn said payments to ESPN for the agreement will end after Q4 2025; it reported 7% year-on-year revenue growth in Ontario in Q3 2025.
Penn Entertainment said it would end its 10-year, $1.5bn partnership with ESPN and rebrand its US online sportsbook as theScore Bet, with changes planned by December 2025. ESPN said DraftKings would become its official bookmaker from 1 December, when the standalone ESPN Bet app was due to close.
ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro said the network remains positive about its partnership with Penn Entertainment and that ESPN Bet is growing. He said the sportsbook needs to build market share and pointed to planned ESPN app enhancements that will integrate betting more deeply, including during live games.
DraftKings and ESPN plan to introduce account linking before March Madness, enabling customers to connect the two platforms. ESPN said linked users will receive betting selections informed by their app use, access to a bracket-based betting feature and one free month of ESPN Unlimited.