some of the things we have -- we're working on in the product and marketing. >> draftkings' ceo jason robinsere in phoenix ahead of the super bowl. thanks. >> thanks for having me. >> it's so incredible to watch the casinos and the sportsbook operators coming in and really taking aim at these brand-new casual fans to try to win them to the platform. >> yeah. absolutely, contessa we've been talking about it for so long, but it's really starting to get contraction now. by the way, draftkings was once a cnbc disrupter 50 company. we're now accepting nominations for the 11th annual list of innovators scan the qr code on your screen or go to cnbc.com/disrupters to learn more jon? >> after the break, despite massive layoffs in tech, help is still wanted we'll take a look at the state of the job market outside silicon valley. >>> plus, check out shares of micron, western digit and seagate, all updated to buy at mizhu after significant rallies. "techcheck" is back in a moment. we planned well for retirement, but i wish we had more cash. you think those two have any idea? that they can sell their lif

joining us live from the super bowl road in arizona, drafting ceo jason robin.nd me. what is exciting? >> tons of media companies, just like every super bowl, gets taken over and a lot of great energy. they were expecting half a million people. huge crowds, a great set up. liz: it is something like 50 plus million americans are expected to wager on it. that's a big jump from year over year. $16 billion, 60% more than people wagered on. it is legalized in more states in the country. >> it is a combination, the biggest sporting event, super bowl, the largest betting event. this is the biggest betting event in the us by far. they are watching it. the color of the gatorade to the coin toss. will there be an octopus? do you know what an octopus is? liz: i know they put squid on the ice for hockey games. >> an octopus in football is if you have a same player score a touchdown in a two point confusion. that is a cool one. it is a casual way to go to a party. this year it will be the biggest year ever, more states, markets grown, really excited about it. liz: what is wr

also draftkings you to talk to jason robin's nvidia is up 60% this year as well by the way were only into this year. this is all about a.i. hype in artificial intelligence and narrowing of the losses. stuart: you think that's the younger investor? >> they are piling in their while oldsters are sticking elsewhere. stuart: i did not use that term but let me ask you you always talk about dividend yields i tell you the young people invested in the markets they don't necessarily think that. >> you very closely marking that. >> let's look at crypto's bitcoin just about 24000 i think 239. >> crypto trades architects stock these days so is correlated to the nasdaq 100 but news in the past 12 hours or so that maybe by nance the largest crypto exchange we have them on the program here they might be pulling back from the u.s. there was reports that they withdrew $400 million from silver gate capital which is a crypto lender that we've been talking about. silver gate has recovered by the way and also a buy-in by citadel. it is a you different segment and arm from finance global. we know that the

coming up on "tech check," i'll talk with draftkings ceo and founder, jason robins. >> all right, so,exas, florida, and california, huge states, no legal market ship what will happen there >> okay, so, we just seen this week that in texas, republicans have introduced a mobile sports betting bill i talked to some insiders who think this may be a game-changer, the real problem in texas is that the lieutenant governor has been a strong opponent of gambling, and he has given no indication that his mind has changed and he's in charge of the senate, so we'll see what happens there in florida, it's passed, but it's caught up in a court battle over the state's rights and tribal gaming. the seminoles have a -- that's hard rock -- the seminoles have pretty much the monopoly in florida. california, we're likely to see it come up again in a couple years, but for now, it's a dead issue. >> you had a great piece this morning on the five. we're talking about addiction. if there are 50 million americans who are going to bet on this game, how many of those -- this is a hard question, i know -- but how

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friday morning is the call we did talk to jason robins in phoenix.ch from how they've done it in the past. but i think it's going to be really interesting, given the gauntlet that has been thrown down caesar's nearly profitable in its interactive business, penn announced profit bability. we haven't heard from fan duel how their seed is going. >> you wonder, as time goes on, the convergence of sports betting and streaming of sports and the sports rights, i do wonder sometimes again, having espn on the brain, but just in general, you know, at what point you see total convergence because they are so aligned. >> you watch, tap, bet >> there's economic interest between them i mean, not with the disney, obviously, because they can't really go down that road in a full way, but you do wonder. >> that's why fan duel went down this path of buying the horse-racing channel, tv g, and turned it into fan duel tv bally's owns a regional sports network now. this convergence between media and sports gambling is going to become more and more entrenched. >> another con

joining me i want to remind everyone, coming up in tech check, i'll have amy's big competitor, jason robinsoming up today, guys. andrew, i'll send it back to you. >> thank you and thank you for that conversation. we look forward to the next one as well. comi coming up on the other side of this break, ceo of domino's who is gearing up to sell millions of miss during sunday's big game stay tuned, you're watching "squawk box" and this is cnbc. dad, we got this. we got this. we got this. we got this. we got this. yay! we got this. we got this! life is for living. we got this! let's partner for all of it. edward jones nothing. nothing. absolutely, nothing. it really is something. as an expedia member, you can save up to 30% when you add a hotel to your flight. so you can have a bit more money, to do even less. because you've got a whole lot of nothing to do and absolutely nowhere to be. >>> anheuser-busch's super bowl beer ads, they don't have ad exclusivity for the first time in decades that means commercials are on tap from heineken, crown royal, but anheuser-busch will spend more than any oth