As Detroit Visits Chicago, We Ask: How Does Illinois Sports Betting Compare With Michigan?
Joe Boozell of PlayIllinois stops by to discuss quirks in Illinois sports betting, and which Chicago and Detroit teams are close to a title?
A Michigan native, Matt has worked at newspapers in Michigan, Missouri and the Virgin Islands.
A versatile sports reporter, Matt has covered sailing on the Great Lakes, cricket in the Caribbean, high school and pro playoffs, and the Olympics in Rio. He's also the former host of the Locked On Pistons Podcast and producer of a documentary on Emoni Bates. A former blackjack dealer, Matt has studied the industry from all sides.
Joe Boozell of PlayIllinois stops by to discuss quirks in Illinois sports betting, and which Chicago and Detroit teams are close to a title?
The NFL buoyed the first full month of Michigan sports betting in September at Detroit casinos. Online sports betting will take it to new heights.
$300 million of February online sports bets later, there's still plenty of questions ahead for the growing market.
You can bet on the Detroit Lions to go 0-17, or to avoid the embarrassment by winning a game this NFL season, at PointsBet Sportsbook.
Michigan casinos hope to bring in players with big ticket giveaways this November. A couple are based around Saturday's Michigan-Michigan State game.
The brand awareness these companies have created here cannot create any conversion yet in the Michigan sports betting scene.