MIAMI — Across the United States, access to sports betting is easier than ever.
It’s legal in 37 states, most of which allow people to place wagers from their phones. And the NFL, once an adversary of the movement to make sports betting widespread, has now fully embraced it.
However, with nine players penalized just this year for violating the league’s gambling policy, the NFL is more so now than ever forced to walk the tightrope of managing multi-million dollar partnerships with sportsbooks and protecting the game’s integrity.
