The final days of August are here. But the New York sports betting landscape still awaits the arrival of its newest member.

Earlier this month, Penn Entertainment executives targeted the end of this month to launch ESPN Bet in the Empire State. Now, according to a report from Newsday, the company expects the online sportsbook to go live “sometime in the next few weeks.”

“We’re ready to go,” Mark Walker, executive vice president for ESPN Bet, recently told Newsday. “Just press that button to launch, as soon as New York says we can.”

Walker noted that it was “reasonable to believe” that ESPN Bet NY would launch within the next month, noting that he didn’t see any red flags or hurdles that would prevent that from happening.

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