The Supreme Court lifted a federal ban on sports betting across the country today. The 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act made sports betting illegal everywhere other than Nevada; because, of course, Nevada.
With this ruling, Illinois is getting ready to go all-in. A proposal in Springfield would allow betting across the board, with taxes adding just short of 100 million to the state’s coffers.
And if you happen to be a parent, little league suddenly got real interesting.
