jurisdiction has yet allowed betting on elections, and several explicitly prohibit it. 'It would be the biggest offering we would have on the board.'īut no U.S. presidential election as American sports books take on the Super Bowl. Jay Kornegay, executive vice president of operations at the Westgate SuperBook, said industry colleagues in Europe and at offshore unlicensed sports books have said they take in 10 to 15 times as much money on the U.S. And with all the major sports on hiatus during the coronavirus pandemic, they're desperately looking for new things on which gamblers can bet. With sports betting continuing to spread in the U.S., bookmakers are taking bets on things like the Oscars that have nothing to do with sports. It actually was permitted for about an hour in West Virginia on Tuesday as the state gave - and then quickly rescinded - permission for sports books to take bets on the election, saying it needed to study the issue further. (AP) - Double down on Donald, or bet big on Biden? Plenty of Americans would like the chance to place a bet on the upcoming presidential election (and sports books would love to take their money), but so far, it is not legal anywhere in the country.
