American Sports Betting Has Exploded

How Legalization, Technology, and Culture Transformed a Nation

From a Nevada sideline to a nationwide phone-in-your-pocket industry, sports betting in America changed faster than anyone expected. This book explains how — and what’s coming next.

After the Supreme Court struck down PASPA in 2018, the U.S. didn’t get one betting market. It got fifty. In just a few years, legalization, mobile apps, and media partnerships transformed sports wagering into a mainstream billion-dollar ecosystem.

Inside you’ll find:

• How PASPA fell and why that ruling mattered
  
• Why mobile betting became the dominant model
  
• A clear state-by-state view of who’s legal, who’s pending, and who’s still out
  
• How DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, Caesars, and others built the modern market
  
• The real economic impact on taxes, jobs, media, and marketing
  
• The controversies regulators, leagues, and universities now face
  
• Where sports betting is heading next — AI, microbetting, consolidation, and more
  

Written for sports fans, bettors, and anyone trying to understand the fastest regulatory and cultural shift in modern U.S. sports, The New Era of American Sports Betting is a clear, fact-driven map of how we got here — and where this industry is going.