Starting at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Rivers Casino will permit sports betting, making it the first licensed sports book in Pittsburgh.
According to a press release from the casino, a ribbon cutting will be held at the top of the hour to officially open the temporary sports betting area, located next to the High Limits Area on the gaming floor.
Sports betting on Thursday will be permitted between 2 p.m. and midnight. On Friday, sports betting hours will run between noon and 10 p.m. Regular operations will begin on Saturday, Dec. 15 at 8 a.m., pending approval from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.
Prior to this year, Nevada was the only state to permit betting on a wide variety of sports due to a law passed by Congress in the 1980s banning it in the other 49 states. A challenge to that law by New Jersey went all the way to the Supreme Court, where the justices ruled 6-3 to overturn the betting ban in May.
Delaware became the second state to legalize sports betting on June 5; New Jersey legalized it a few days later. Pennsylvania became the seventh state to allow sports betting, with the first bet cast at the Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in mid-November. Currently, sports betting is legal in eight states, with an additional 23 states moving toward legalization, according to a report by ESPN.
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According to a press release from the casino, a ribbon cutting will be held at the top of the hour to officially open the temporary sports betting area, located next to the High Limits Area on the gaming floor.
Sports betting on Thursday will be permitted between 2 p.m. and midnight. On Friday, sports betting hours will run between noon and 10 p.m. Regular operations will begin on Saturday, Dec. 15 at 8 a.m., pending approval from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.
Prior to this year, Nevada was the only state to permit betting on a wide variety of sports due to a law passed by Congress in the 1980s banning it in the other 49 states. A challenge to that law by New Jersey went all the way to the Supreme Court, where the justices ruled 6-3 to overturn the betting ban in May.
Delaware became the second state to legalize sports betting on June 5; New Jersey legalized it a few days later. Pennsylvania became the seventh state to allow sports betting, with the first bet cast at the Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in mid-November. Currently, sports betting is legal in eight states, with an additional 23 states moving toward legalization, according to a report by ESPN.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bi...casino-to-begin-sports-betting-today.amp.html