The reason for this growth: a May 2018 Supreme Court ruling. Sportsbooks, the entities that take sports bets, bring in about $4 billion yearly after wagers are settled. has grown vertically in recent years - from less than $5 billion worth of bets placed in 2018 to $57 billion in 2021 - despite sports betting remaining illegal in nearly half of states. In Florida, there is an ongoing lawsuit over whether the state should be allowed to give the Seminole Tribe the exclusive right to run online sports betting there. Gubernatorial candidates in South Carolina and Texas support legal sports betting. Vermont lawmakers are considering taking up a sports betting bill during the next legislative session. In Missouri, state lawmakers from both parties support legalizing sports betting, but Gov. For example, Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams recently expressed support for legalized sports betting in her state. “If both pass, they might both go into effect or the result could be decided in court, depending on which one gets more yes votes,” writes CalMatters economics reporter Grace Gedye in an article from June.Īlthough California is the only state with sports betting on the midterm ballot, it’s not the only state where sports betting is a topic of political discussion - and relevant for journalists across beats to understand.

These companies include FanDuel and DraftKings, which together make up roughly two-thirds of the U.S. 27 would allow tribes licensed to offer gambling and major gaming companies to offer online sports betting. Proposition 26 would allow sports betting at licensed casinos and horse tracks on tribal lands and run by federally recognized Native American tribes. 8, Californians will vote on two ballot measures that would allow for different forms of sports betting in the state. This article first appeared on The Journalist's Resource and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. OctoSports betting in the US: A research roundup and explainerīy Clark Merrefield, The Journalist's Resource October 25, 2022

Sports betting in the US: A research roundup and explainerīy Clark Merrefield, The Journalist's Resource

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