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Benjie Levy

Former President & COO
theScore

Benjie Levy was the President & COO of theScore and the Head of Head of Penn Interactive. Penn National Gaming acquired theScore for $2.1bn in August 2021 and, in February 2024, it was announced that Levy would be exiting the company in April, two months later.
Education
  • University of Toronto

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

Levy graduated from the University of Toronto with a bachelor’s of commerce degree specialising in Finance. 

EMPLOYMENT

Levy joined theScore in 2001. In May 2022, Penn named him the Head of Penn Interactive, a position he holds concurrently as President and COO of theScore.  

As the Head of Penn Interactive, Levy oversees the company’s “Interactive segment,” which included Barstool Sportsbook, before Penn divested itself of that company, and mychoicecasino.com. (Penn is rebranding its Barstool Sportsbook under the ESPN banner).

Before Penn got rid of Barstool, Levy oversaw the complete migration of the Barstool Sportsbook onto a proprietary tech stack in July 2023.

Levy lead theScore Bet’s launch in Ontario in April 2022. He also lead the competition of theScore’s proprietary technology stack in July 2022.

Before that, Levy played an important role in building theScore’s television business. He also oversaw its sale to Rogers Media in 2012.

Levy exited the business, as well as three of his family members, in early 2024.

Interviews and public speeches

At the time of the acquisition, Levy said, “The combination of theScore and Penn National creates a first-of-its-kind vertically integrated media and omni-channel gaming business, which brings together world-class technology, highly engaging sports content and unparalleled reach. With our accomplished team in place, this deal bolsters our ability to grow our already strong North American presence from our base in Canada and primes us even further to capitalise on the huge upcoming betting opportunity in our home country. Over time, we’ve built our loyal user base and relationship with fans by authentically delivering deeply personalised products. That is an approach that seamlessly fits with Penn’s current strategy and digital offerings and will provide for material long-term benefits as we collaborate to even more deeply integrate across our platforms.

“The transaction will provide theScore with immediate scale and resources, the benefits of which will enable employees to better execute on the combined companies' business plan and deliver enhanced integrated product offerings to our customers. The transaction also provides theScore shareholders immediate liquidity at a substantial premium and an opportunity to participate in any future upside of the combined company.”

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