2026-07-28T10:03:28.833Z / 路透社
纽约7月28日电（路透社）——最新竞选数据显示，DraftKings、FanDuel及其他在线体育博彩公司目前已将美国中期选举的竞选支出提升至至少7200万美元，而Kalshi和Polymarket等预测市场正为在线博彩带来新的审视和竞争。
利润丰厚的美国在线体育博彩行业正面临来自预测市场领域新型博彩的直接竞争威胁，而唐纳德·特朗普总统政府对此类市场表示支持。
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据企业监督机构公共公民（Public Citizen）估计，该行业已成为美国中期选举中第三大企业捐赠方，仅次于加密货币和科技行业，其目标是推举其认为会支持其相关议题的候选人当选。
在线体育博彩平台DraftKings、FanDuel、Fanatics以及英国博彩公司bet365已将资金注入“为美国而赢”（Win for America）——这是一个所谓的超级政治行动委员会（PAC），该委员会已将资金分配给两个附属PAC，分别用于 targeting 民主党和共和党州级选举：美国未来基金（American Future）和美国保守派基金（American Conservative Fund）。
超级政治行动委员会是美国的政治委员会，可接受企业和个人的无限捐款，并可无限支出支持特定候选人，但不得直接与竞选团队协调或直接向其捐赠。
据公共公民透露，“为美国而赢”于去年年底启动，此类支出规模对该行业而言前所未见。
“‘为美国而赢’正逐渐成长为另一个企业资金巨头，”非营利研究机构研究主任里克·克莱普尔（Rick Claypool）表示。他将其与人工智能和加密货币行业相提并论，这两个行业目前在中期选举中的支出均已超过1亿美元。
“为美国而赢”和FanDuel拒绝置评。DraftKings、Fanatics和bet365未回应置评请求。
支持特定候选人并不能保证他们当选后会推动相关立法，但企业正日益投入资金，希望这项投资最终能获得回报。这笔资金的影响已在部分州级选举中显现。
州竞选财务记录显示，“为美国而赢”通过两个小型PAC在佐治亚州的选举中投入了超过1200万美元——聚焦共和党的美国保守派基金和聚焦民主党的美国未来基金。当时佐治亚州议会正在审议将博彩合法化的法案。
这些资金用于34场初选前的立法选举。据《亚特兰大宪法报》5月的报道，该行业支持的候选人中仅有两人落选。
美国未来基金和美国保守派基金未回应置评请求。Polymarket和Kalshi也未立即回应置评请求。
选举记录显示，“为美国而赢”还在宾夕法尼亚州的选举中投入巨资，当时该州曾推动对在线体育博彩行业征税以增加公共交通的州级援助。
联邦选举记录显示，该行业在第一季度向“为美国而赢”捐赠了4300万美元，随后在第二季度又追加了2900万美元。这些总额并未反映其整体捐赠情况，因为联邦选举记录并未涵盖所有州级选举支出或分配给所谓“黑暗资金”团体的部分——即无需披露捐赠者的非营利组织。
DraftKings、FanDuel、Fanatics和BetMGM于2021年成立了体育博彩联盟（Sports Betting Alliance），这是一个旨在游说国会和州议会在美国全境维持在线博彩合法化的行业协会。BetMGM未向该超级PAC捐款。
在本次两年一度的选举周期中，DraftKings至少向“为美国而赢”捐赠了3400万美元，紧随其后的是FanDuel的至少2700万美元，以及bet365和Fanatics各550万美元的捐款。由英国亿万富翁丹尼斯·库茨（Denise Coates）创立的bet365通过其美国子公司Hillside (Shared Services US) LLC进行捐赠。
记录显示，DraftKings还至少向其他委员会捐赠了100万美元，而FanDuel额外捐赠了200万美元。
2018年最高法院的一项标志性判决废除了禁止大多数州将体育博彩合法化的联邦法律。根据美国游戏协会的数据，自那时起，已有39个州和哥伦比亚特区合法化了某种形式的体育博彩，其中包括33个允许在线体育博彩的州。
据竞选财务监督机构OpenSecrets称，因此近年来该行业对美国国会的游说支出稳步增长。这个无党派非营利研究小组发现，FanDuel去年在联邦游说上花费了110万美元，是2024年的七倍。OpenSecrets的数据显示，DraftKings的年度游说支出翻了一番以上，达到约90万美元。
本报记者道恩·科佩基（Dawn Kopecki）纽约报道，道格拉斯·吉利森（Douglas Gillison）华盛顿报道；帕里托什·班萨尔（Paritosh Bansal）和妮娅·威廉姆斯（Nia Williams）编辑
Sports betting industry spending on US midterm elections surpasses $72 million
2026-07-28T10:03:28.833Z / Reuters
NEW YORK, July 28 (Reuters) – DraftKings, FanDuel and other online sports betting companies have ramped up election spending on the U.S. midterms to at least $72 million so far, the latest campaign election data shows, as prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket bring fresh scrutiny — and competition — to online betting.
The lucrative U.S. online sports gambling industry is confronting competition from what some see as a direct threat from a new breed of gambling across prediction markets, which the administration of President Donald Trump has embraced.
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The industry has become the third-largest corporate donor in the U.S. midterms behind crypto and technology, corporate watchdog Public Citizen estimates, pushing to get candidates elected to office who it hopes will be sympathetic to its issues.
Online sports betting books DraftKings, FanDuel, Fanatics and UK-based bet365 have poured their money into Win for America, a so-called super political action committee (PAC) that has directed its funds into two affiliate PACs targeting Democratic and Republican state races: American Future and the American Conservative Fund, respectively.
Super PACs are U.S. political committees that can accept unlimited donations from corporations and individuals and spend unlimited sums supporting specific candidates, but they cannot coordinate directly with campaigns or donate directly to them.
Win for America launched late last year, according to Public Citizen, and such spending levels are unprecedented for the industry.
“Win for America is ramping up to be another corporate money juggernaut,” said Rick Claypool, a research director for the nonprofit research group. He compared it to the artificial intelligence and crypto sectors, which have each spent more than $100 million on the midterms so far.
Win for America and FanDuel declined to comment. DraftKings, Fanatics and bet365 did not respond to requests for comment.
Supporting particular candidates does not guarantee they will champion legislation if they are elected, but corporations are increasingly sharing their wealth in hopes that investment will eventually pay off. The money’s impact is already evident in some state races.
Win for America spent more than $12 million in Georgia state races through two smaller PACs – Republican-focused American Conservative Fund and Democrat-focused American Future – as the legislature there weighs bills that would legalize gambling, state campaign finance records show.
The money went into 34 legislative races ahead of the primary. All but two of the candidates supported by the industry won, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
reported in May
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American Future and American Conservative Fund did not respond to requests for comment. Polymarket and Kalshi did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Win for America is also spending heavily on races in Pennsylvania, where there was a push to raise taxes on the online sports betting industry to boost state aid for public transportation, election records show.
The industry originally gave Win for America $43 million in contributions through the first quarter before donating another $29 million in the second quarter, federal election records show. Those totals do not reflect its overall giving since federal election records do not capture all spending on state races or what is allocated to so-called dark money groups — nonprofits that do not have to disclose their donors.
DraftKings, FanDuel, Fanatics and BetMGM formed the Sports Betting Alliance in 2021, a trade association designed to lobby Congress and state legislatures to keep online gaming legal across the U.S. BetMGM has not donated to the super PAC.
DraftKings has given at least $34 million in donations to Win for America, followed by FanDuel with at least $27 million, and bet365 and Fanatics with $5.5 million each in donations in this two-year election cycle. Bet365, founded by British billionaire Denise Coates, is donating money through its U.S. subsidiary, Hillside (Shared Services US) LLC.
DraftKings has also given at least $1 million to other committees while FanDuel has donated an additional $2 million, the records show.
A landmark 2018 Supreme Court decision struck down the federal law that had barred most states from legalizing sports betting. Since then, 39 states and the District of Columbia have legalized sports betting of some form, including 33 states that allow online sports betting, according to the American Gaming Association.
The industry has steadily increased its spending on lobbying the U.S. Congress in recent years as a result, according to campaign finance watchdog OpenSecrets. The nonpartisan nonprofit research group found that FanDuel spent $1.1 million on federal lobbying last year, seven times more than in 2024. DraftKings more than doubled its annual lobbying spending at about $900,000, OpenSecrets found.
Reporting by Dawn Kopecki in New York and Douglas Gillison in Washington, D.C; Editing by Paritosh Bansal and Nia Williams