mobile sports betting app<\/a>, while Idaho, the other state adjacent to the Evergreen State, didn’t consider a sports wagering bill this year.<\/p>\nAnother Issue<\/h2>\n
Even if Washington State approves sports betting, MLB may find it difficult to convince politicians and gaming operators there to go along with the royalty plan for a simple reason: none of the other states where the activity is currently permitted have signed-off on paying the league for the privilege of offering bettors action on professional baseball.<\/p>\n
Although MLB has a 162-game regular season, 10 times that of the NFL and almost double the NBA calendar, data suggest baseball isn’t bettors’ favorite sport. From 1992 through 2018, gamblers in Nevada plunked down $31.88 billion on football and $21.37 billion on basketball compared to $16.25 billion on MLB, according to UNLV.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MLB wants its cut of the action if Washington State approves sports betting, asking for a royalty of 0.25 percent, or 25 cents on a $100 bet, for each wager placed on the sport in the Evergreen State. MLB is pitching the royalty plan under the auspices of protecting \u201cthe integrity of the game,\u201d promising […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":117234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
MLB Wants Royalties If Washington State Approves Sports Betting<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n