Penn Entertainment announces founding family behind theScore to step down

Yesterday, Penn Entertainment announced that the founding family behind theScore — John Levy, Benjie Levy, Aubrey Levy and Noah Levy – will be stepping down from their roles at Penn Interactive, with John departing in mid-February and with Benjie, Aubrey and Noah departing in April. In conjunction with this planned leadership transition, the company is in the final stages of its search for a new head of interactive. “This transition plan comes at a natural inflection point, with the migration to our proprietary technology platform complete, theScore’s media and betting business delivering record results, and ESPN BET off to a strong start,” said Jay Snowden, CEO and president of Penn Entertainment. “The Levys are a family of successful entrepreneurs and are truly pioneers in the sports media and gaming industry. I am very proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish with them, including the development of an extremely deep and talented bench at PENN Interactive. With this experienced, best-in-class team firmly in place, we are well prepared for this to be a seamless transition and to continue growing our position as a leader in online gaming and sports media,” said Mr. Snowden. Penn acquired Score Media and Gaming in October 2021 and integrated theScore with its Penn Interactive unit under the leadership of Benjie Levy as Head of Interactive with John Levy assuming the role of executive chairman of theScore.