Re:L.A. Dodgers Accelerator
by nodesocket on Monday June 15, 2015 @11:55PM
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Both David Stern (previous) and Adam Silver of the NBA support sports gambling. If all major sports (NFL, MLB, NCAA) can get behind it, perhaps legislation can get pushed through. Once that happens, it will be another "space race" to build the first legal US based sportsbook.
>> "Once that happens, it will be another "space race" to build the first legal US based sports book."
Wouldn't it just be easy for existing non-US companies to expand into the US? They already cover US sports.
It's the one form of online gambling in the US that's relatively open, its carve out in the relevant laws was an explicit choice. It's got the support of the pro leagues and the broadcasters, so its lobby is pretty strong.
It's an extremely fast growing market right now. Two major players have the lions share of the market, but there's a lot of activity around the fringes.