Many sports betting states allow both in-person and online sports betting. And in those states, bettors heavily prefer betting remotely via sportsbook apps.<\/p>\n
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In New Jersey, oddsmakers took almost $12 billion in bets last year. Online books accounted for 95.5% of the action, or $11.4 billion. Casino and racetrack sportsbooks took $528 million in wagers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Critics of online sports betting say mobile gambling increases problem gambling rates.<\/p>\n
“Sports betting is just atrocious. You can sit on the phone and lose your home,” opined Pat Loontjer, the executive director of “Gambling With the Good Life,” a nonprofit that campaigns against gaming initiatives in Nebraska.<\/p>\n
After the 2020 referendums, Loontjer predicted that the state’s foray into commercial gaming was “only the beginning.”<\/strong><\/p>\n“Will they begin offering sports betting on cellphones?” Loontjer asked at the time. “It will destroy the integrity of sports and corrupt our young people.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An effort to legalize online sports betting in Nebraska is underway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":310021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86430,1074],"tags":[82510,82754,81842,81841,88481,82104,85409,80968,82775],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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