Many of the top sportsbooks have been applying for untethered licenses in the state of Missouri ahead of legal sports betting launching later this year, and we now know who those two operators will be.

DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG) and Circa Sports are early leaders in the Missouri sports betting race after the Missouri Gaming Commission selected them as  the winners of the state's two highly coveted untethered online sports betting licenses.

The move from the Missouri Gaming Commission to pass up FanDuel for a sports betting license was seen as a major surprise. DraftKings and Circa Sports were selected instead.