Top stories around our network this week
Does this week’s addition of Vermont to their stable of sports betting states have the folks running sports betting apps at FanDuel, DraftKings, and Fanatics Sportsbook sprawled on beds covered in cash, celebrating like the nouveau riche in some Hollywood flick? Um, probably not.
The total number of people living in Vermont, after all, is fewer than the number who attended football games in the fall at the University of Michigan or six other NCAA schools. And among those hundreds of thousands of maple syrup lovers, there are many thousands with no interest in sports betting, or who are too young to indulge if they have the urge.
But Vermont sports betting does represent the last domino to fall in the Northeast, bringing the nation’s total to nearly 40 states where a legal wager on everything from the Super Bowl to Saturday’s Mainz vs. Wolfsburg soccer match can be placed.
And Vermont won’t be the newest mobile betting location in the U.S. this year once North Carolina sports betting gets underway within the next couple of months. Two tribal casinos have joined seven commercial operators wanting to be among those with North Carolina betting apps available once regulators give the green light.
It remains to be seen if still more states will join in sports betting legalization in 2024, but the stories linked below show how will be busy throughout the year reporting on developments in Georgia and elsewhere. Those interested in such news will find no better source for reporting on the sports betting industry. And for broader gambling coverage, be sure to check out our affiliated site, , and itsown weekly Double Down column recapping the week, in addition to its podcast.
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