Casino City's iGaming Pocket Directory - 2019 Edition

80 Sponsored by Casino City’s iGaming Pocket Directory SportS Betting Sports betting is fundamentally different from other forms of online gaming. Casino games, poker and bingo are played online. When a punter bets on a sporting event, he is wagering on a real-life event. Whether it’s betting on the NFL, the premier League, golf or cricket, the actual gameplay happens in real life, as does the entertainment experience. only the wager is done online. Due to varying regulations throughout the world, estimating the total value of the global sports betting market is difficult. For example, the U.S. market received a game-changing boost in May 2018 when the Supreme Court ruled that the federal ban on sports wagering — aka the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (PASPA) — was unconstitutional, paving the way for an explosion of legalized and regulated sports betting in the u.S. Within seven months of the game-changing decision, seven states (Delaware, New Jersey, Mississippi, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Mexico and Rhode Island) joined Nevada in introducing sports betting, but the mobile gaming part of the equation in the U.S. is still far behind the rest of the world. As of the end of 2018, only New Jersey and Nevada allowed full-fledged mobile sports betting, with Mississippi offering it only from casino properties. SportS BEttINg INDuStry oVErVIEW