So stepping back
to your larger research
describe the
explosion of online
betting that we've seen.
So the really big trigger
point for that
was a U.S. Supreme Court
ruling in 2018.
What that did, is it
essentially paved
the way for states to it
you know, struck down a law
that previously had barred
most states outside of Nevada
from legalizing
sports gambling.
And what we saw was a very
swift reaction
to that Supreme Court ruling.
We are now
at last count
I believe, at 39 states
that have some form of
of legalized sports betting.
Nearly all of them
permit online sports betting.
So that has brought
about a really rapid shift
in this whole landscape
just since 2018.
Do you expect this
move to legalize
it in Wisconsin will die
or be revived somehow
possibly through the courts?
I would expect
that the discussion
is far from finished.
I would expect that there's
going to be
a lot more discussion
both among the stakeholders
the tribes
and some of
the other stakeholders
because everybody
kind of sees
where the national
landscape is going.
But, you know
I would not dare
to make a prediction as to
how it's going to turn out.
But what we see
is that our
neighboring states
have legalized this
in some form
so many other states
across the country.
And so
I think it's just going
to continue
to be a really hot topic
going forward.