The 2022 FIFA World Cup will feel a little bit different to American sports fans. You can bet on it.

Literally.

For the first time, the world’s most-watched sporting event will be set against the backdrop of legalized sports betting in much of the United States.

And it’s more than just the state-by-state legalization that began following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Murphy v. NCAA more than four years ago. It’s that the kind of action, once limited in American minds to Las Vegas casinos, offshore websites and British bookmakers, which will now be accessible comfortably to a broader range of people positioned on couches with mobile phones in hand.