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Sports betting

Form of gambling

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Sports Betting (3)
Super Bowl (2)
High-Stakes Wagers (1)
Underdog Stories (1)
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Regulation (1)
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📖 Key Information

# Sports Betting **Sports betting** is the organized activity of predicting sports results and placing a financial wager on the outcome. It is a global industry practiced across a wide range of athletic disciplines and events. ### Mechanism and Placement Wagers are typically placed through professional entities known as **sportsbooks** or **bookmakers** (often referred to colloquially as "bookies"). These operations function in two primary capacities: * **Legal/Regulated:** Licensed enterprises sanctioned by government authorities. * **Unregulated:** Private enterprises or offshore entities operating outside the legal frameworks of specific jurisdictions. ### Etymology The term "book" originates from the physical ledgers historically used by wager brokers to track stakes, liabilities, payouts, and debts. This record-keeping process is the foundation for the modern industry term "bookmaking." ### Market Scope While the outcome of a game or match is the most common focus, betting markets frequently extend to: * **Point Spreads:** Betting on the margin of victory. * **Proposition (Prop) Bets:** Wagers on specific occurrences within an event (e.g., individual player statistics). * **Futures:** Long-term bets on championship winners or seasonal awards.

📰 Related News (5)

🇺🇸 Big Bets Report: 7-Figure Payouts Ride on Super Bowl LX Outcome (2026-02-08)
Check out all the 6- and 7-figure betting action ahead of Super Bowl LX....
🇺🇸 Ex-Dodger Yasiel Puig convicted of federal charges in sports gambling case (2026-02-07)
Yasiel Puig was convicted of obstruction of justice and making false statements to federal investigators. He is due for sentencing in May....
🇺🇸 Sixty bets for Super Bowl 60 to get you ready for Seahawks-Patriots (2026-02-05)
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🇺🇸 Chris Christie slams prediction markets as illegal: "These guys are like rogue cowboys" (2026-02-05)
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was once one of legalized sports gambling's greatest advocates, but ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl, he's concerned...
🇺🇸 Congestion Ahead! Super Bowl Prop Wagers Driving Major Traffic at Books (2026-01-30)
Bettors are already whetting their appetites with Super Bowl prop wagers. Find out where they're putting their money well before kick off....

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🌐 Super Bowl LX (2 shared articles)
🌐 Proposition bet (1 shared articles)
🌐 Regulation (1 shared articles)
🌐 Prediction market (1 shared articles)
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👤 Chris Christie (1 shared articles)
👤 Major League Baseball (1 shared articles)
🌐 Obstruction of justice in the United States (1 shared articles)

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