DraftKings Holdings Inc.

Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp (Nasdaq: DEAC), a blank-check company sponsored by media industry veterans Harry Sloan, Jeff Sagansky, and Eli Baker, completed its initial public offering in 2019 with a focus on the sports, media, and entertainment sector. The company filed an 8-K on December 23, 2019, disclosing a definitive agreement to combine with online sports betting operator DraftKings and sports technology provider SBTech in a three-way transaction that drew broad market attention. The business combination closed in April 2020, and the combined company began trading on Nasdaq under the ticker DKNG. Sign up at SpacDesk for full filing data, deal timelines, and analytics on DEAC and the broader SPAC universe.