History of sports betting : How the US became hooked on sports betting

23 Sep 2024 —

The country has a long and intricate history of sports and casino gambling and it has often taken place regardless of anti-gambling laws.. Sports gambling has a long history of association with organized crime, which ran illegal bookmaking operations across the country as early as the 1920s.

After .... Sports wagering got to be prominent in Ancient Greece, at the season of the main Olympic Games.. Sports betting, it seems, was a natural part of the culture of the early Americans.

Today, betting on sports is more popular than ever before.. Ahead of the Super Bowl, the AGA was predicting a record 67.8 million American adults (26%) would bet an estimated $23.1 billion on the event, a ....