Super Bowl broadcast will have no sports betting chatter -CBS
For the first time in nearly 30 years, Super Bowl fans will be able to bet legally on the game outside of Nevada, after New Jersey, West Virginia and a handful of other states legalized sports wagers after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in May overturned a 1992 prohibition.
However, announcers will not be discussing betting lines, over-unders or other wagering during the National Football League's championship game in Atlanta on Feb. 3, CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus said at a news conference on Thursday.
"We will be flexible going forward, but it's only been legalized in a few states so far," McManus told Reuters. "It wasn't something we were going to in some ways burden our announcers with."
As sports wagers are legalized in more states in the years to come, however, he said the network could change its stance on discussing betting during live sports broadcasts.
Last year, Americans bet an estimated $4.76 billion on the Super Bowl, an upset win by the Philadelphia Eagles over the New England Patriots, with 97 percent of wagers placed illegally, the American Gaming Association has said. (Reporting by Hilary Russ Editing By Bill Berkrot)
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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