How Sports Betting Hit the Mainstream in America

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This weekend, one of the most watched sporting events of the year, the Super Bowl, will draw an estimated $16 billion in bets from Americans, more than double last year’s total.

The booming trade is a sign of how gambling has gone from illegal to legal very quickly in many states — and hints at the enormous risks posed by the change.

Guest: Kenneth P. Vogel (https://www.nytimes.com/by/kenneth-p-vogel?smid=pc-thedaily), an investigative correspondent for The New York Times.

Background reading:


Cigars, booze, money: A lobbying blitz (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/20/business/sports-betting-lobbying-kansas.html) helped to make sports betting ubiquitous.
Government oversight of gambling in the United States offers scant consumer protections (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/20/business/sports-betting-laws-states.html) and looks to the industry to police itself, The Times found.
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