Gambling
Sports Betting in the USA
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7076328 |
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| Authors | Brian A Petrotta (0000-0001-8994-8989, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, corresponding author), Brian Petrotta |
| Year | 2024 |
| Pages | 1-5 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-06 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeos1995 |
| OpenAlex | W4404109764 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
Legalized sports betting has never been more widespread in the USA, thanks to a landmark Supreme Court decision. In 2018 the Court ruled in Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association to strike down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), which had forbidden individual states from legalizing sports gambling. Within five years after the fall of PASPA, sports bettors placed nearly $200 billion in legal wagers as more than two thirds of US states legalized some form of sports betting. The rush to embrace sports gambling marked a significant shift, even as gambling, broadly defined, became normalized in American society. Even as state lotteries and casino‐style gambling became more common in the USA, sports betting remained largely illegal for numerous reasons, including influential lobbying efforts by professional and amateur sports organizations, well‐publicized cases of corruption, and fears that widespread state‐sponsored sports betting would result in negative societal consequences
Advertising · Business · Gambling Behavior and Treatments · Sports Analytics and Performance · Sports, Gender, and Society
| Highly cited | No |
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