first rounds of the March Madness tournament<\/a> will be contested in states where sports betting is still prohibited: Ohio, California, Florida, Iowa, Utah, Connecticut, and Oklahoma. The Sweet Sixteen will be as well, as DC, California, Missouri, and Kentucky play hosts.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nThe Final Four and National Championship will be played in Minneapolis, Minnesota, yet another state where legal sports wagering remains banned.<\/p>\n
However, this might be the last men’s basketball tournament where the NCAA can avoid a state with legalized sports betting. Along with the eight states already regulating the gambling, lawmakers in 30 other states have seen sports betting legislation introduced to their capitals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
State sports betting regulations that vary from one jurisdiction to the next are complicating the NCAA March Madness oddsmaking process for sportsbooks operating in legal markets. The first round of the men’s basketball tournament tips off tomorrow, with games being played across the country. Duke is the favorite to win it all at 9\/4, followed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":101018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13592,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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