A lot can take place in a year. And this previous year, a lot happened in the legal sports betting and iGaming market - and then some.

A referendum in Missouri, prominent wagering scandals, and crackdowns on an offshore sportsbook and college gamer prop betting are simply a few of the big stories of 2024. But there was far more.

So, to revitalize our readers’ memories (in addition to our own), Covers decided when again to round up the top stories of the year. The slow news days were few and far between, as you’ll soon see.

Missouri (barely) authorizes mobile sports betting

Any state authorizing legal sports betting wagering is a big offer. How Missouri did it - and what comes next - makes it among the year’s crucial stories.

Missouri authorized retail and mobile sportsbooks by approximately 3,000 votes out of almost three million cast. This was not just the closest margin of any gaming-related measure this election cycle however the closest in any state given that the Supreme Court struck down the federal wagering restriction in 2018.

After evaluating the final official results of every Missouri county with more than 10,000 votes this election, I can say - officially - that the sports betting wagering tally measure has kept sufficient assistance from Election Day tallies to pass