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