but was it an even bigger win for casino and penn national gaming? jay snowden joins us live in a fox business exclusive next. >>> and to the biggest match-up of all, president trump and joe biden are on the road again today. up next, connell mcshane takes us to the ground to one key swing state that's coming down to the wire when "the claman countdown" returns. don't go away. ♪ number so they can bill fake claims in your good name. don't give them that chance. just calling to confirm your medicare number. do you have your card available? for example, if the caller says they're from medicare, watch out. it's probably a scam. don't give out your card number. and always check your claims statements for errors. report fraudulent charges to 1-800-medicare. guard your card. learn more at medicare.gov/fraud. this was the theater i came to quite often. ♪ the support we've had over the last few months has been amazing. i have a soft spot for local places. it's not just a work environment. everyone here is family. gonna go ahead and support him, get my hair c

penn national gaming down 5% there may be some profit-taking here, too., let's take a look at some of these charts year to date draftkings up year to date 278% and the enthusiasm is just driving this pure play sports gambling stock and that enthusiasm has driven penn shares to meterioric growth with barstool sports up 134 points year to date more than 300% in the last six months alone and then you've got caesar's, just refusing to be left out it's closing its deal with el dorado this summer it announced a partnership with espn, and it's making a bid for william hill, up 193% in the last six months, negative though still year to date by the way, kelly, elections matter, too. there are initiatives on the ballot in multiple states over liberalizing gaming regulations, and this is one of the things these gaming companies are real counting on. >> that's a great point. contessa, in some ways i actually think sports, maybe pro sports in particular, could be the tell for the whole market because when the nba shut down on march 11th, the day after was one of the w

. >>> penn national gaming said at the end of the quarter and improved financial condition, thanks torties and the reopening of the app everybody in the world should have stopped gambling and bought penn national stock a year ago, and they wouldn't know what to do, would they, jay? they would be like wait, i have more than what i started with. for most gamblers, it would be a totally unique experience. i got excited thinking about the different conversations we can have because you're multichannel and there so many variations let's start with the old style legacy stuff so you got real brick and mortar properties you got 41 and 40 are open tell us about how you open them and how it's going. >> well, listen, joe, good morning. it's been a real roller coaster of a year. we went from beginning of the year, we announced our partnership and investment in barstool sports in january, very well received throughout the investor community, and it wasn't but a month and a half later, covid hits and we were mandated to shut down the entire company. since that time in march, we have been able to sl

would say, ill-advised to speak of gambling, but draftkings and penn national have overridden them and i think that one day we will watch a game they will have better coverage so i think the networks have to be a little more careful they may disagree with me but i'm deeply in this world with bull market fantasy and the fantasy and betting world is so huge that it would be, i think, very optimal for the networks to focus on it and be much more aware of fantasy points, be much more aware of the line, be much more aware of who is going to score the first down these are all things that are bet on and it's a way to be able to keep younger people involved. that's what they want. they want the draftkings app, the penn nat barstool and they want to buy options on robin hood these are all the same people. if you are not tapped into them then i think you really are a try share tops. >> i thought you might be interested in this topic, jim. thanks. >> thank you, guys. >> we'll see you in a couple minutes. andrew >> thanks, joe, and thanks jim we are now more than a little bit -- a little more than a month away from the presidential electi