When a news segment about a quirky sport starts with one of the competitors taking a long drag off a cigarette, that could lead to questions about whether said competition is, in fact, a sport. To this end, the narrator of that VICE report didn’t mince words when articulating the U.S. ProMiniGolf Association’s primary challenge: “Nobody thinks mini-golf is a real sport.”
Sports betting regulators in the Rocky Mountain region beg to differ. On Halloween, Colorado approved wagering on U.S. ProMiniGolf Association (USPMGA) events and, three days later, neighboring Wyoming followed suit.
Upon learning that miniature golf, an activity most closely associated with cheesy family vacations and frozen-in-time amusement parks, had been approved for wagering in Colorado, Sports Handle reached out to all of the state’s sports betting operators — some two dozen in all — to see if they had requested that the wagering option be added. Responses generally ranged from “uh, no” to “you’re kidding, right?”
