From September to February, football wagers reign supreme in the realm of sports betting. The beloved sports brings non-stop action to bookmakers every weekend, starting on Thursday night and ending on Sunday. During the five month season, bookmakers are writing hundreds of thousands of dollars a day. Two decades ago, football wagers added up to $25 billion a year. That amount has steadily increased, making football betting one of the fastest-growing big businesses in the country.
Since the 1980’s, bookmaking has undergone some major changes. There was a time when organized crime controlled bookmaking, but these days it’s businessmen, ...
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