Whatever game is aired, he’s content to watch. “The sports world … went from, ‘Gambling is bad, we don’t like this, we don’t want this,’ to every other commercial is promoting some sportsbook,” said Sean Jones, a Howard County resident who occasionally bets on sports.īut Jones likes football enough that the unappetizing matchup didn’t bother him. The Ravens and Orioles both have partnerships with sportsbooks. In Maryland, there are 13 retail sportsbooks and 12 mobile operators. What was taboo became ubiquitous: 38 states have legalized it in some form. And as a new revenue stream for casinos, leagues and states and a new source of entertainment for fans, sports betting quickly proved a coveted debutant. Supreme Court decision opened the door to widespread sports wagering. In a 2012 court filing, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell formally opposed the spread of sports betting.īut a 2018 U.S. Pro leagues were so wary that they refused to even place a team in “Sin City,” lest athletes get caught up in the unseemly habit. Once sequestered to the desert of Las Vegas, whispered about over pay phones, and deemed to be a threat to “the integrity of” football by the NFL’s commissioner, the practice of betting on sports has escaped ostracism and emerged as a ballyhooed favorite of sports leagues and fanatics.įor decades, only racetracks and Las Vegas allowed sports gambling in the U.S. Baltimore Sun eNewspaper Home Page Close Menu

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