ODS Technologies LP and Betfair Interactive US LLC California Layoffs 2026: What Employees Should Know

What the filing says

These are the details as ODS Technologies LP and Betfair Interactive US LLC reported them to the state. The EDD publishes every notice, and these figures come from the state's report as retrieved on Oct 29, 2026.

How much notice the law requires

California's WARN Act requires 60 days of advance written notice before a covered mass layoff, and its only statutory exception is a physical calamity or an act of war — far narrower than federal law's three. Who is covered and how the thresholds are counted is in our California WARN Act guide.

ODS Technologies LP and Betfair Interactive US severance: what to check before you sign

A severance offer is not the notice pay the WARN Act describes. Severance you were already promised — in a contract, a handbook, or a union agreement — cannot be used to satisfy that obligation, though Labor Code section 1402 does let an employer reduce a back-pay award by voluntary payments it was never required to make. A release may also give up more than you expect. Justin reviews severance agreements before workers sign. What to check before you decide is in our full guide to the California WARN Act.

Two things worth doing this week either way. File for unemployment now — WARN money does not reduce it, and the filings here run through Nov 30, 2026, so you do not have to wait for your last day. And keep every document, including the notice itself and anything showing when it arrived.

What your notice was required to include

Timing is only half of what Labor Code section 1401 asks for. The notice itself has to contain specific things, and California added most of this list for notices issued on or after January 1, 2026. Every notice on this page falls after that date. If you kept your copy, read it against the full six-item checklist in our WARN Act guide — everything federal law requires, whether transition help is being coordinated, working contact details for your workforce board and for the employer itself, and CalFresh information.

Source: Labor Code section 1401, as amended by SB 617, effective January 1, 2026. A notice missing something from that list is not automatically a violation with a remedy attached — whether a gap matters depends on the employer, the action, and what else happened.

Questions people are asking

Where a layoff can raise a legal question

A layoff is lawful on its own, and nothing below is a statement about ODS Technologies LP and Betfair Interactive US. These are the places California law can still come into play, depending on the facts of your own situation.

• The severance you were asked to signA release can give up claims you did not know you had, and the terms are sometimes negotiable.
• How you were selectedA reduction in force still cannot be used to cut someone for a protected reason such as age, disability, pregnancy, or a complaint they made.
• Your final paycheckCalifornia sets when final wages are due at termination, and unpaid time or accrued vacation can carry penalties on top of the wages.
• The length of the notice periodWhere a notice period turns out to fall short of what the law required, the question usually belongs to everyone in the same position rather than to one person.

General information about California law, not legal advice, and reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship.

What has been reported

Press coverage of this layoff, summarized and attributed. This is reporting rather than the filing itself, and we did not independently verify it.

The filings cover staff of FanDuel TV, the horse racing network that launched in 1999 as TVG and was renamed in 2022 after Flutter's Betfair unit acquired FanDuel. NEXT.io reported that FanDuel confirmed the network's shutdown on an all-staff video call in late March 2026, describing a wind-down spread over about 20 months and more than 100 jobs eliminated by November 2026.

NEXT.io reported that around 60% of FanDuel TV's workforce would be cut at the end of June 2026, after the network honored its Keeneland and Triple Crown coverage commitments, with the remaining staff continuing until the end of November.

Awful Announcing, citing the Paulick Report, reported that studio programming would begin winding down in July, that studio shows would be gone entirely by December, and that live track production would continue through the end of 2027.

Sources: NEXT.io (opens in a new tab) · Awful Announcing (opens in a new tab)

What the numbers show

• The 204 affected positions are in Los Angeles.
• They cover 2 separate addresses rather than a single site, so co-workers at different locations may have received different dates.
• The jobs do not all end on the same day. The filings list 3 separate last days of work, running from June 30, 2026 to November 30, 2026.
• The shortest gap between notice and last day here is 57 days, close to the statewide median of 61 days across every notice on file.
• By headcount it sits in the top 20% of the 671 employer layoffs tracked here.
• The EDD records the employer's sector as Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation.
• The 204 workers leaving ODS Technologies LP and Betfair Interactive US LLC re-enter a job market where Los Angeles County unemployment stood at 5.2% in July 2026, below the 5.3% statewide rate (Bureau of Labor Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
• The filings came in waves: one notice in April 2026 covering 174 jobs, then one notice in June 2026 covering 28 jobs, then one notice in October 2026 covering 2 jobs.

These are counts and comparisons drawn from the published filings, not findings about ODS Technologies LP and Betfair Interactive US.

Free job-search help near Los Angeles

America's Job Center of California is the state's no-cost network for laid-off workers: help filing and keeping unemployment benefits, federally funded retraining, and résumé and interview coaching. Your WARN notice may name one; this is the closest to the site in these filings.

• West LA WorkSource Center/ AJCC (opens in a new tab)

  5446 Sepulveda Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90230 · 310-309-6000

  Comprehensive center (full services on site) · about 1 mile from the Los Angeles site

Locations and hours change — confirm before visiting, or find another center with the EDD's center locator (opens in a new tab). Directory: U.S. Department of Labor, Jul 31, 2026; distances are straight-line from the address in the filing.

Other layoffs filed in Los Angeles County around the same time

181 employers have WARN notices on file in Los Angeles County, covering 21,888 workers. These filed within about a quarter of this one.

• Intuit Inc.910 workers
• Snap Inc.320 workers
• Phillips 66306 workers
• Lodging Dynamics Hospitality Group, LLC278 workers
• Saks & Company LLC231 workers
• IPIC Theaters, LLC194 workers

Listed because they appear in the same county in the same public data. No connection between these employers is implied.

Other Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation layoffs in California

Employers the EDD lists in the same sector with WARN notices on file statewide.

• NBCUniversal287 workers
• Quixote Studio Services191 workers
• Walt Disney Parks & Resorts US, Inc.159 workers
• AMF Bowling Centers, Inc. Castle Park130 workers
• Pixar108 workers
• TruFusion West Hollywood LLC92 workers

Grouped by the industry the EDD recorded on the filings. No connection between these employers is implied.