sports betting

Huge holes in state budgets due to the coronavirus pandemic and the demonstrated eagerness of fans to bet on sports are likely to spur a further expansion of sports betting and online casino gambling

The latest numbers released by the Illinois Gaming Board show bettors in the state wagered more than $285 million on sports contests in September. Gamblers can place bets on sporting events at seven of Illinois’ casinos and one horse racing track. The state’s most lucrative casino and its first to start taking sports bets, Rivers in Des Plaines, accepted about…

The U.S. gambling industry has won big at the polls as three states authorized legal sports betting and three others either approved or expanded casino gambling.

It wasn’t that long ago that the NFL didn’t want to have anything to do with gambling operations at all because they feared it would lead to a lack of integrity with their games

For those who haven’t mastered the odds of Belarussian soccer or Russian table tennis, this week’s NFL draft gives U.S. gamblers their first opportunity in weeks to bet on an event about which they actually know something.

With legal sports betting spreading throughout the U.S., this year’s Super Bowl could be among the most bet-on championship games ever.

Three Illinois casinos have so far applied for sports betting licenses in the state, including two in Chicago suburbs, according to the Illinois Gaming Board. The applications were submitted last week, the gambling board’s website reports. They include the Elgin Riverboat Resort, the Rivers Casino in Des Plaines and the Argosy Casino in Alton. Sports wagering was legalized by...