Poll - 2018-04-11 | Las Vegas Advisor

We’re heavily focused on sports betting these days, given the Supreme Court’s upcoming decision on legalizing it nationally. So we’re curious about how that probability will affect your gambling habits. Only one answer should apply to your situation, so that's all you get. Your comments on the poll preview were extremely helpful; thank you for those. And general comments on sports better are always appreciated—by us and other respondents.

964 Total Votes

I’ve never made a bet on a sporting event, so whatever the Supreme Court decides won’t have any impact on me.

22% (210)

I bet on sports when I'm in Las Vegas, but only for fun, not seriously. Likewise, I'll probably bet for fun when I'm in a casino with a sports book, but I probably won't make a trip to a casino just to place a sports bet.

19% (180)

I bet on sports in Vegas, so I'll definitely investigate betting in my home state once it becomes legal nationwide.

18% (175)

I only bet on sports when I’m in Las Vegas for fun; I doubt I’ll be tempted to take it any further if sports betting is legalized closer to my home.

17% (162)

I don't want to have to go to a casino, either in Las Vegas or my home state, to bet sports; I want the Supreme Court to open up online sports betting in the U.S. and internationally.

11% (102)

I don't understand sports betting at all. I have no idea what a point spread is, or bet $510 to win $500. If I understood it better, I might take some shots.

5% (48)

I rarely bet on sports in Las Vegas, because of the red tape in collecting if I win, but have already left town. I would be more likely to bet at home, since collecting would be easier.

4% (38)

I live in Las Vegas in order that I can bet sports whenever I like; if I'm traveling, I might bet, but I wouldn't go out of my way to.

2% (22)

I bet with "Uncle Joe," whose wife is a dispatcher at the sheriff's department; unless the local casino book has good promos or better lines, not much will change.

2% (21)

I’m a professional sports bettor who’ll travel anywhere I can get the best of it; my dream is that when other states start to introduce sports betting, easy profits will be there for the taking, like they were in the early 2000s, when offshore books were opening practically daily.

1% (6)

Analysis

Sports betting, even at its simplest, requires some knowledge, not the least of which is the somewhat arcane language it employs. Money lines, pointspreads, parlays, teasers, totals, propositions, nickel and dime lines -- though sports betting can provide the biggest bang for the gambling buck and it's one of the casino beatables, it's definitely a world unto itself, quite separate from tables, machines, poker, keno, and tournaments.

That's why we're not particularly surprised by the choice that received the largest number of votes. You can add the nearly 50 additional respondents who admit that they don't understand a thing about the activity (including Candy, one of LVA's foremost correspondents, who suggested this option) and you wind up with more than one in four voters for whom sports betting is completely off their radar.

That said, when you total up the second-, third-, and fourth-place choices, all of which start with "I bet on sports ..." you wind up with 55% of the votes, a clear majority. And if you add in the 5% of voters who consider themselves professionals, live in Vegas to facilitate their sports betting, or bet with their local bookies, you can see why we conducted this poll and are working like mad on positioning our publishing company to be a major force in the dissemination of information about the subject.

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Comments

Chinaman4 Apr-10-2018

One Answer Only?

Better change those check boxes to radio buttons if you want just one answer per response.

Gramps Apr-11-2018

sports bet

As long as the major leagues don't get their way and put an additional tax on bets I'm good with it, but if they get their way it'll be back to under the radar for me.

Andrew74 Apr-11-2018

sports betting

I'm hoping sports betting gets legalized! I no longer want to be subjected to the nickel and diming that comes with a trip to Vegas. I want both options phone/book to be available. I've heard the limits are lower and they will kick you off for winning too much on the betting apps. I can also see more unfavorable juice added, since nothing gambling is ever favorable to the player. I will just have to pick my spots! Go ahead Vegas Casinos & keep dreaming of new fees to impose while I do my betting from home!

Dave Apr-11-2018

None of the above

These were my suggestions to the poll preview:

- I only bet Super Bowl, and then, only fun props. 

- I have a Vegas friend that puts my bets in (or actually takes my action).

Patrick Campbell Apr-11-2018

The states will screw it up

If it become legal, I think sports betting in other states will be very different from Nevada.  Other states, not satisfied with this windfall of a gift, they will try to soak every penny out of the system, while caving in to the various sport leagues and entities who will insist on "their cut".  I only hope it doesn't screw up Nevada.  We'll all be pining for the good old days when it was only legal in one state. Don't throw away your bookie's number.  I have the feeling he won't be hurting for action.

Robert Hahner Apr-11-2018

Sports Betting

I don't think it will have as much effect as it would have before the internet. Casinos in New Jersey would have benefited in the 80's if we had voted to be grandfathered in.

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