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In May 2018, the Supreme court ruled against the validity of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (aka PASPA). Now, each state has the ability to allow legalized sports betting for its residents. 

With the right to decide the sports betting issue remanded to the state level, a number of states, including New Jersey, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Nevada, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Colorado, Tennessee, Washington and West Virginia, joined Nevada as the only states where sports gamblers could legally bet on sports events.

Initially,New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware joined Nevada as the only states where residents were able to legally bet on sports and online casino games. In subsequent months, we have seen another 13 states join in the fray with another 6 or 7 states waiting in the wings.

Over the next two years, the U.S. gambling industry has grown beyond anyone’s wildest dreams. In August 2020, the industry pulled in more than $25 billion in gross handle for the month. That incredible handle translated to over $1.9 billion of revenue with approximately 9% of that going into state coffers.

While established gambling states like Nevada and New Jersey led the way, it was surprising to see states like Pennsylvania and Indiana contributing so much to the industry’s success.

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In May 2018, the time had finally arrived for the United Supreme Court to erase the nation's ban on sports betting. It no longer made sense to keep the ban in place with Americans going offshore with billions of wagering dollars. States like New Jersey were quick to point out that those wagering $$$ could convert to tax revenue at the state level if the ban was lifted.

Indeed, the ban was lifted on May 18. That was the day that legalized sports betting became a state-controlled issue. The response was immediate as states like Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania were ready to strike with the appropriate sports-betting legislation later that year.

Today, a total of 39 states have passed some form of sports-betting legislation, be it retail, online, or a combination thereof. Of the 11 states that have not yet decided on the issue, Alabama, California, Missouri, and South Carolina are in the process of considering some form of legislation. It's worth mentioning that states like Hawaii and Utah will probably never allow sports betting or any other form of retail/online gambling.

As the U.S. sports betting market matures, the numbers are starting to pop. At this point, it's safe to say that U.S. sports bettors have responded with aplomb, pushing billions of dollars through betting windows.

The numbers offer a clear vision of how explosive the growth has been in the U.S. sports betting market over the first 5+ years. With the gross revenue by 2030 estimated to be close to $27 billion, it's all systems go for sports betting in the U.S.


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