A lot can happen in a year. And this past year, a lot occurred in the legal sports betting wagering and iGaming market - and after that some.
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A referendum in Missouri, high-profile sports betting scandals, and crackdowns on an overseas sportsbook and college player prop betting are simply a few of the huge stories of 2024. But there was a lot more.

So, to refresh our readers' memories (in addition to our own), Covers decided as soon as again to round up the top stories of the year. The slow news days were scarce, as you'll quickly see.

Missouri (barely) authorizes mobile sports betting

Any state approving legal sports betting wagering is a huge offer. How Missouri did it - and what follows - makes it among the year's essential stories.
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Missouri approved retail and mobile sportsbooks by approximately 3,000 votes out of almost 3 million cast. This was not just the closest margin of any gaming-related step this election cycle but the closest in any state because the Supreme Court overruled the federal betting restriction in 2018.

After evaluating the last official results of every Missouri county with more than 10,000 votes this election, I can say - formally - that the sports betting wagering ballot step has preserved enough assistance from Election Day tallies to pass