In the Game: Tunica sports books are taking first Super Bowl bets
Mario McKillion, a guest of Horeshoe Casino places bets on football at the casino's one-month-old sport betting lounge in September, 2018, after Mississippi joined Neveda, Delaware, New Jersey and West Virginia in making sports betting legal in the state. From August through the end of 2018, Mississippi’s sports books accepted $157.6 million in sports wagers. In the Tunica Region, just over $36 million was wagered at sports books. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian file)
The Big Game should mean big betting as Tunica prepares for first year of sport books with the Super Bowl as the centerpiece.
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gaming industry Los Angeles Rams New England Patriots Super BowlDon Wade
Don Wade has been a Memphis journalist since 1998 and he has won awards for both his sports and news/feature writing. He is originally from Kansas City and is married with three sons.
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