How sports betting spread across the U.S.

by Clark Merrefield, The Journalist’s Resource
December 9, 2025

<h1>The expansion: How sports betting spread across the U.S.</h1><br /> <p class=”byline”>by Clark Merrefield, The Journalist’s Resource <br />December 9, 2025</p></p> <p><p class=”has-text-align-center has-ast-global-color-4-background-color has-background”><a href=”https://journalistsresource.org/politics-and-government/sports-betting-the-history/”>Part I</a>: The History. <a href=”https://journalistsresource.org/politics-and-government/sports-betting-expansion/”>Part II</a>: The Expansion. <a href=”https://journalistsresource.org/politics-and-government/sports-betting-tax-revenues/”>Part III</a>: Tax Revenues. <a href=”https://journalistsresource.org/politics-and-government/sports-betting-sin-taxes/”>Part IV</a>: Sin Taxes. <a href=”https://journalistsresource.org/politics-and-government/sports-betting-integrity/”>Part V</a>: Sports Integrity.</p><br /> <div style=”position: relative;width: 100%;height: 0px;padding: 103.14% 0px 0px;overflow: hidden”></div><br /> <p class=”has-text-align-center has-ast-global-color-4-background-color has-background”><a href=”https://journalistsresource.org/politics-and-government/sports-betting-tax-revenues/”>Part III</a>: Tax Revenues.</p><br /> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://journalistsresource.org/politics-and-government/sports-betting-expansion/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://journalistsresource.org&quot;&gt;The Journalist&#039;s Resource&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://journalistsresource.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cropped-jr-favicon-150×150.png&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p><br />