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Hello and welcome to the Excerpts. I'm Taylor Wilson. Today is Sunday

February 11th, 2024 Super Bowl is a better stream. This weekend,

it's estimated that a record 68 million Americans will be placing wagers on the big game.

As legal sports betting grows and reach and accessibility, what impact does that play on the landscape

of sports and fan participation?

Here to talk about what opportunities exist as professional sports continues to

embrace gambling is Richard Moran, editor of Sports Betting Partnerships at USA Today.

Richard, thanks for hopping on the excerpt.

Yeah, thanks for having me. Appreciate it. Happy to be here.

So it's Super Bowl Sunday, Richard, so let's just start here.

It's estimated that Americans will

wager 23.1 billion dollars that's up from 16 billion by the way last year on

just the Super Bowl with more than two-thirds of the country being able to bet across 38 states and Washington, D.C. at this point, Richard,

how is the sports betting world's continued growth impacting the sports landscape.

Well, it's huge.

I mean, sports betting, now that it's so, you know, widespread and legal in so many states,

it really has changed the way we consume sports now.

It's all through sports betting.

You see so many venues where sports betting is legal.

They have sports betting literally in the venue.

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