Dear Blessed Bettors:

In May of 2018, the Supreme Court of the U.S. struck down a 1992 law prohibiting sports gambling in every state except Nevada. Writing for the majority, Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. said, “A more direct affront to state sovereignty is not easy to imagine,” placing restrictions on sports betting squarely at the feet of state legislators. New Jersey, where the case originated, unveiled online betting apps before the end of the next month. Since then, 22 states have legalized sports gambling in some form or another. Illinois joined the club the following June, and gamblers everywhere were off from the races,