Sports betting was once very much on the margins of North American sports. Today, it is everywhere — on phones, broadcasts, arena signage and pregame shows.

This episode of More Than Just A Score explores how sports wagering evolved from racetracks, backroom bookmakers and Las Vegas sportsbooks into a massive digital industry built around mobile apps, live betting, same-game parlays and microbetting.

We look at the rise of regulated sports betting in the United States after the 2018 Supreme Court decision struck down a law prohibiting states from allowing sports gaming, Canada’s move toward single-event wagering, and the rapid growth of Ontario’s iGaming market. We also examine the serious questions now facing the industry: problem gambling, youth exposure, match integrity and scandals involving Jontay P ...