![]() Gamblers place bets in the temporary sports betting area at the SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia. Though sports betting was legal only in Nevada until the Supreme Court ruled in 2018 that all states could decide for themselves, interest was always high in how Vegas viewed sports in regard to futures book odds and individual game lines. ![]() That’s how I’ve treated it in my stints at the Daily Racing Form and on my own website, and. I also believed, however, that sports betting was a legitimate beat, as much as covering any team or other part of the sports world. If we had held a sports betting writers convention at the turn of the century, we could have held it in my Saturn (how’s that for a historical reference?). I shared how I started my journalism career in the Chicago suburbs dreaming of being the Bears’ beat writer and how a 1990 trip to nearby Arlington Park, which is sadly on its last legs, introduced me to horse racing and gambling - and eventually turned me to the dark side of sports betting journalism when very few were covering the industry. I have my “Press” hat on after spending Tuesday morning on the “Best Practices for Covering Sports Gambling” panel at the AP Sports Editors conference at the Flamingo in Las Vegas. Listen Live to VSiN’s sports betting shows. Want even more betting news? Sign up for VSiN’s free daily newsletter.
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