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| | Prior to May 2018, the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act prohibited sports gambling everywhere in the [[United States]] (except for [[Nevada]] which had already allowed it prior to the Act). In a challenge raised by several states, including [[New Jersey]] and [[Pennsylvania]] which were hoping to legalize sports gambling as a source of governmental revenue,<ref>https://www.legalsportsreport.com/16339/pa-sports-betting-law/</ref> the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] in its 6–3 decision in ''Murphy v. NCAA'' (May 14, 2018) struck down the Act, leaving the decision on whether or not to legalize the practice to the states. As a result of that Supreme Court decision, a third of [[American]] young men are [[addiction|addicted]] to sports betting as of 2022,<ref>https://fortune.com/2022/12/13/gambling-world-cup-sports-betting-us-young-men-are-hooked-sites-apps-tech-survey-will-johnson/</ref> and billions of dollars are wasted this way. | | Prior to May 2018, the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act prohibited sports gambling everywhere in the [[United States]] (except for [[Nevada]] which had already allowed it prior to the Act). In a challenge raised by several states, including [[New Jersey]] and [[Pennsylvania]] which were hoping to legalize sports gambling as a source of governmental revenue,<ref>https://www.legalsportsreport.com/16339/pa-sports-betting-law/</ref> the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] in its 6–3 decision in ''Murphy v. NCAA'' (May 14, 2018) struck down the Act, leaving the decision on whether or not to legalize the practice to the states. As a result of that Supreme Court decision, a third of [[American]] young men are [[addiction|addicted]] to sports betting as of 2022,<ref>https://fortune.com/2022/12/13/gambling-world-cup-sports-betting-us-young-men-are-hooked-sites-apps-tech-survey-will-johnson/</ref> and billions of dollars are wasted this way. |
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| − | As explained by [[CNN]] in February 2023, a few days before the Super Bowl this year: | + | As explained by [[CNN]] in February 2023, a few days before the Super Bowl that year: |
| | {{cquote|In 2018, the Supreme Court struck down a federal ban on commercial sports betting in most of the country. Thirty-three states have made sports gambling legal in the wake of the decision. Now, on Super Bowl Sunday, a record 50.4 million US adults are expected to bet on the game.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/10/business/online-sports-gambling-addiction/index.html</ref>}} | | {{cquote|In 2018, the Supreme Court struck down a federal ban on commercial sports betting in most of the country. Thirty-three states have made sports gambling legal in the wake of the decision. Now, on Super Bowl Sunday, a record 50.4 million US adults are expected to bet on the game.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/10/business/online-sports-gambling-addiction/index.html</ref>}} |
| | Sports gambling is considered a big "winner" due to the [[COVID-19]] pandemic and a combination of state laws and a [[First Circuit]] federal appellate decision which opened the floodgates to it. The result is more hardship on families that can least afford it. | | Sports gambling is considered a big "winner" due to the [[COVID-19]] pandemic and a combination of state laws and a [[First Circuit]] federal appellate decision which opened the floodgates to it. The result is more hardship on families that can least afford it. |
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| | Proposition 27 would have permitted online sports betting, and it lost 83%-17%. | | Proposition 27 would have permitted online sports betting, and it lost 83%-17%. |
| | + | == Gambling in Texas == |
| | + | Texas has kept [[casinos]] out of the state as of 2023, but the acquisition of a majority stake in the Dallas Mavericks by the billionaire owner of a [[Las Vegas]] casino suggests a new avenue of pressure to legalize casinons in [[Texas]]: |
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| | + | Before the 2023 legislative session in Austin, [Mark] Cuban was already talking about a potential partnership with the Las Vegas Sands. Long interested in building a new venue to house the Mavericks, he told The Dallas Morning News that he envisioned any new arena as a centerpiece of a large Las Vegas-style casino and resort complex in December 2022. |
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| | + | “My goal, and we’d partner with Las Vegas Sands, is when we build a new arena, it’ll be in the middle of a resort and casino,” Cuban said. “That’s the mission.”<ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/doylerader/2023/11/30/what-the-sale-of-the-dallas-mavericks-means-for-casino-gaming-in-texas/?sh=4e6fde1148bc</ref>}} |
| | == Worst states == | | == Worst states == |
| | The worst states -- i.e., those having the most sports gambling -- the following starting with the largest volume of betting on sports: | | The worst states -- i.e., those having the most sports gambling -- the following starting with the largest volume of betting on sports: |