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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
David A. Lieb | Associated Press

Odds for more sports betting expansion could fade after rapid growth to 38 states

BetRivers Sportsbook, the first brick-and-mortar sportsbook approved by the Illinois Gaming Board, opens to the public at Rivers Casino in Des Plaines in 2020. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — At his suburban St. Louis home, Brett Koenig can pull out his smartphone and open a sports betting app. But he can’t place a bet. He is blocked by a pop-up message noting he is not in a legal location.

Missouri is one of a dozen states where sports wagering remains illegal more than five years after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for states to adopt it.

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