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Inside Gaming: DFS Leaders Join Forces as DraftKings, FanDuel Announce Merger

This week's installment of Inside Gaming kicks off with this morning's news that the two largest daily fantasy sports sites, DraftKings and FanDuel, have announced plans to merge. Also on tap this week, a casino in upstate New York will be opening sooner than expected, another in Macau reopened after being closed for eight years, and a group of Rhode Island illegal sports betting operators were indicted.

DFS Leaders DraftKings and FanDuel to Merge

There is breaking news this morning regarding the long-awaited merger of the two largest daily fantasy sports operators, DraftKings and FanDuel.