Arizona’s first sports betting operations are set to open in time for the start of the NFL season with live wagers allowed on college and professional sports.
The league is getting tough on unvaccinated players, and the players are speaking out about the new policy.PHOENIX -- Arizona’s first sports betting operations officially open for business Thursday in time for the start of the NFL season, with live wagers being taken on college and professional sports online and at two retail locations in Phoenix.
Arizona now will join more than half the states in allowing betting on sports, just three years after it was allowed by the U.S. Supreme Court. The state hopes to pull in tens of millions of dollars in annual revenue from legalized gambling. The FanDuel Sportsbook at the Footprint Center, home of the Suns, Phoenix Mercury and Arizona Rattlersteam, opens at 9:15 a.m. Thursday. A ceremony attended by Ducey and retired Suns players Channing Frye and Richard Jefferson and FanDuel executives is scheduled for 3 p.m. An official watch party for the NFL season opener featuring the Dallas Cowboys and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers starts at 4 p.m., with kickoff set for 5:20 p.m.
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