FILE - People wearing masks play the slot machines in the Caesars Palace Atlantic City as the state of New Jersey continues Stage 2 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on September 05, 2020 in Atlantic City, (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The U.S.
gambling industry won big at the polls Tuesday, with three states authorizing legal sports betting and three others either approving or expanding casino gambling.Maryland, South Dakota and Louisiana approved sports betting.
That sets up a situation in which by the end of next year more than half the country could have legal sports betting, less than three years after a U.S.