Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Many of us are missing the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournament, the NCAA Frozen Four (e.g. the Men’s Ice Hockey Final Four), NCAA track and field, NCAA baseball and softball, and NCAA lacrosse.
As we look to the future of college sports this year, it’s always fun to dream of placing a bet and winning some big cash with a sports book. If you recall, in May 2018, the Supreme Court struck down a law that outlawed sports betting outside of Nevada. You can credit Chris Christie, the Governor of New Jersey, for that legal challenge. Below, you can see a status of sports betting in ACC country states (I based my table after the ESPN article here):
I had some twitter conversations with a few of my Twitter brethren now how this would happen in North Carolina, Florida, and Kentucky. Check these tweets out below:
I think what I see happening will be like what @Bullard_ @KilroyFSU and I have all alluded to – if there’s a Native American operated casino in your ACC country state, they will run a sports book. If there’s a major casino in your ACC country state, they will have a casino.
— Hokie Matthew (@hokiesmash_ASD) March 21, 2020
So basically, we’ve come to the conclusion that if you have a Native American tribe that operates casinos in your state, or a nationwide chain (like Harrah’s), there eventually will be a casino that has sports betting. You may or may not have online betting associated with a particular casino in that state – and you likely won’t be betting on the state’s teams in that state.
The promise of sports betting could be interesting in Virginia because the casinos will be in Norfolk, Danville, Richmond, Portsmouth, and Bristol. Many of these cities are close to ACC country. I think you could find many in-state and out-of-state residents who would visit the casinos are part of a tourist visit. New York City and Pittsburgh would also provide nice tourist opportunities with the opportunity to place a sports bet on your favorite ACC team.
Anyway, that’s the status of sports betting in ACC country.
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