If you’re not carrying any, or enough - which would be the case for many of us in this age of swipe and tap - sportsbooks dutifully provide ATMs stocked with crisp, green American paper. Like most forms of gambling, in-person sports betting is a cash-only business. On my first visit to a retail sportsbook since sports betting was legalized, I made the rookie mistake of taking out my debit card and trying to find a slot for it on the betting kiosk. Seeing the numbers Ohio put up in January (more on that below), what would the number be in Texas, which dwarfs it and has a similarly football-centric culture? Footprint Center a testing ground for FanDuel's debit card test
Just spent a day in Dallas, in the state that is now the largest chip on the table for legal sports betting proponents.