DraftKings bets on predictions
Wall Street Breakfast
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3.8 • 950 Ratings
🗓️ 22 October 2025
⏱️ 6 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Seeking Alpha's Wall Street Breakfast, where we cover the top news for investors every morning. |
| 0:08.0 | It's always good to be with you. Today is Wednesday, October 22nd. I'm Julie Morgan. |
| 0:14.5 | Draft Kings is expanding its reach. Netflix cashes in on K-pop merch and Walmart freezes H-1B hiring. |
| 0:22.6 | DraftKKings is on our biggest movers list this morning. |
| 0:26.6 | DKNG is up 5.4% pre-market after the company announced its entry into the predictions market business. |
| 0:34.6 | Draft Kings announced the acquisition of Railbird Technologies, a CFTC licensed exchange. |
| 0:41.7 | This marks a major strategic expansion beyond sports betting, enabling Draft Kings to offer |
| 0:47.6 | regulated event contracts across areas like finance, culture, and entertainment. |
| 0:53.1 | The company also unveiled plans for a new mobile |
| 0:56.3 | app, Draft King's Predictions, which will let users trade on real-world outcomes through multiple |
| 1:02.6 | exchanges. Netflix is building on the massive success of K-pop demon hunters. The company is |
| 1:10.1 | teaming up with Hasbro and Mattel to roll out |
| 1:12.8 | merchandise from toys and games to collectibles, and they're all based on characters from the film. |
| 1:19.0 | Mattel will develop and market dolls, action figures, and play sets, while Hasbro will market plush |
| 1:25.1 | toys, electronics, and a monopoly game featuring characters from |
| 1:29.2 | the movie. The game is now available online at Amazon, Target, and Walmart. The remaining |
| 1:35.3 | K-pop Demon Hunter's merchandise from Hasbro and Mattel will be available at retail beginning |
| 1:41.2 | spring of next year through the holiday season. Fans can currently get their favorite K-pop demon hunter figurines from Funko, as well as |
| 1:50.1 | custom-made dolls from Etsy creators. Mattel closed 2.45% higher on Tuesday. The company reported |
| 1:58.0 | an earnings and revenue miss after the closing bell and is 6% lower in pre-market action. |
| 2:04.6 | Hasbro closed the day on Tuesday up a small percentage and is down 0.5% pre-market. |
| 2:11.3 | The company is set to report earnings on Thursday. |
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