More U.S. States Allow Sports Betting

The states are moving fast to allow sports betting. Rhode Island is the latest state to announce that they will pursue fully legalized sports betting.

We have gathered some popular tweets on the subject matter below.

Rhode Island Gov. Gina M. Raimondo announces she will sign state budget at 12 p.m., Friday. Bill will allow the state to begin offering sports betting at its two casinos. Casinos expect to be up and running “this fall.”

— David Payne Purdum (@DavidPurdum) June 21, 2018

Earlier in the day, officials in Mississippi announced that sports betting will be legal at casino locations in 30 days time.

JUST IN: Sports betting will now be legal in Mississippi casinos in 30 days>>https://t.co/97d351Z6GG pic.twitter.com/u0n8cwhlrZ

— WLBT 3 On Your Side (@WLBT) June 21, 2018

States are looking for whatever boost they can get by allowing this form of gambling. Many of the states that are acting so quickly to allow sports betting already have legal casino play. Sports betting itself isn’t looked at by any of the states as a “savior” of their financial woes. In fact, sports betting accounts for a tiny fraction of gambling revenue in Las Vegas, a place where both casino and sports betting have been legal for decades. But, the sports betting option is expected to bring some boost in revenue, at the same time eradicating the hypocrisy of the former system of “cards and lotto good, sports bad”.