Welcome to the favorites, the podcast from the volume podcast, network, I am Chad

Millman, NFL season is starting in six weeks, which means everybody is wondering, can

I bet legally in my state, because in case you haven't noticed over the past three years,

there has been a rapid expansion of sports betting across the United States.

Not only has it been great for your friends here at the Action Network and our corporate

overlords at Better Collective, but it has been a boon of employment opportunities for all

of us who have always thought, if only sports betting were legit, I could spend my life focused

on stuff like this.

So not only does our good friend Simon Hunter, my co-host, my BFF, my companion get to

make a living as a legitimate sports better in his home states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania,

and our very good friend Ryan Butler, who has spent his career tracking the legalization

of sports betting, and now does it for us at the Action Network, is going to come on because

consider this episode of the podcast, consider this your get right, get smart moment.

This is going to be the 35, 40 minutes you need to truly understand, can I bet legally

in my state, if not, will I be able to bet legally in my state by football, if not, when

will I be able to legally bet on sports in my state, if not, will I ever be able to bet

legally on sports in my state, Ryan covers it all for the Action Network, it is the most

comprehensive coverage of legalized sports betting in the country.

No one does it better than Ryan, it is court of what we do.

Simon, how excited are you that Ryan is on the podcast?

I love it. I definitely have already picked this brain a bunch before you even started,

because I just have so many questions like everyone. I just laughed to myself,

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