The Super Bowl is in a betting state for the first time. Vegas is watching.

The Super Bowl is in a betting state for the first time. Vegas is watching.

Article brief provided by The Nevada Independent
  • Howard Stutz, The Nevada Independent
January 21, 2023 11:14 AM
  • Howard Stutz, The Nevada Independent

It was 14 years ago when the NFL won a favorable ruling from a federal appeals court in Philadelphia that blocked a Nevada sports betting company from offering single-game wagering at Delaware’s three racetracks.

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Times certainly have changed.

On Feb. 12, Super Bowl LVII will be played at State Farm Stadium in the Phoenix-area community of Glendale, marking the first time the nation’s highest single-game sports wagering event will take place in a state that offers legal and regulated sports betting.

It was inevitable that wagering eventually would collide with the NFL’s annual championship game after the 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that tossed out the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), effectively ending a 25-year-old freeze on sports betting expansion and allowing more states to legalize the activity.