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Jordan gets stake in DraftKings for advisory role

| September 2, 2020 8:03 AM

BOSTON (AP) — DraftKings shares jumped in morning trading after announcing that basketball legend Michael Jordan would take an ownership stake in the company in exchange for becoming a special adviser to the sports betting site.

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