Some sports, like high school and youth sports, are off-limits to sportsbooks in every state. Avoiding bets on children’s athletic performance is sound public policy. However, states draw the line differently on other sports. Most states allow betting on college sports, but others choose to keep betting out of college leagues. Olympics betting is another...
Prop bets on athletes can be exciting. If you follow a few star athletes instead of teams, these bets may feel tailored to you. However, prop bets on individual athletes come with serious ethical problems. Specifically, prop bets on individual players’ performances. Think about a prop bet on a single player’s performance. If there’s a...
After a massive push for mobile sports betting legalization, New York may be on the cusp of legalizing it. Senator Addabbo is the primary figure to thank for that. New Jersey siphons millions of dollars in sports betting revenue from New York. It remains one of the biggest reasons Senator Addabbo tried tackling mobile sports...
Sports betting is usually a bipartisan issue. Democrats and Republicans can score big wins in their states by sponsoring winning sports betting bills. Republican Brandt Iden in Michigan powered through two governors to get his sports betting bills passed. They were rejected by a Republican governor and signed into law by a Democratic governor. In...
Anti-gambling advocates find many ways to oppose gambling. They may have a personal distaste for winning or losing money by chance. Others have religious convictions that deem gambling immoral. Some may find it distasteful but can’t quite put their fingers on why. (Hint – it’s probably the seedy reputation mob-run gambling operations got in the...
Since states began legalizing sports betting, some states have taken the extra step of legalizing online casinos. Some bettors may think that the law that allowed states to legalize sports betting also prohibited online casinos. But that’s not true. States had legal room to legalize online casinos before 2018. New Jersey legalized online casinos in...
As sports betting legalization has spread throughout the United States, there’s one type of betting that some people are pining for…election betting. At the moment, election betting is illegal nationwide, so even states that offer sports betting can’t offer election betting. However, some people want to be able to make money off their opinions about...
A while back, we wrote about gaming laws in different states. We mapped out where sports betting, online casinos, and other forms of gaming were legal. And we noticed a few interesting things. States with strict gambling laws only allow state lotteries and charitable gaming – if that. Others loosen up by allowing retail casinos,...
While sports betting has been spreading across the United States, our neighbor to the north – Canada – has had it for a while. However, Canadian bettors could only place parlay wagers. They’re bets made of multiple bets on single games. If you make a parlay bet on the Broncos and the Jets winning, then...
Montana sports betting is confined to its bars and taverns. Montana’s population is small for its size, and it won’t steal bettors from surrounding states when Nevada is nearby. Bars and taverns benefit the most from sports betting legalization. Those businesses can get their patrons to stay a little longer and spend a little more...
