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At Super Bowl, sports betting will continue to dominate, despite addiction risks

February 6, 2025

A March Madness pool at the office. Maybe a special trip to Vegas to watch baseball. A Kentucky Derby party. Fantasy football. Gambling on sports was infrequent, often unofficial — small potatoes.

Then in 2018, the floodgates opened. That’s when the Supreme Court struck down a nationwide ban on sports betting. Since then, 38 states have legalized some kind of gambling on sports.

As the Super Bowl launches with a silly kicking contest between Eli and Peyton Manning sponsored by the sportsbook FanDuel — which, naturally, you can bet on — viewers are primed to see even more focus on sports betting in the years ahead.

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