Super Bowl LVII: Philadelphia Eagles vs. Kansas City Chiefs

No surprise their contesting the results of anything in Arizona...either way my wallet is feeling good after the Chiefs' win. iT wAs RIggEd!! lol

 

Having back to back title games decided on ticky tack calls is pretty nauseating.

 

Cant stand all of these Maholmes coverage going on right now. Any good qb will do just as good if they had the best OL like the Cheifs or even the Eagles.

 

Get ready for more and more state farm commercials with Pretty Boy ad nausem...BLECH!

 

100% true. It probably was a hold but how many times had that play been called and the refs called it holding? Whether it is basketball or football or anything else, players play according to how the refs are calling the game. If the refs are calling everything (aka a tight game), then that is one thing but if they are letting them play and then decide to call a flag late in the game, then that is outrageous. Whatever happened to let the players decide the game? That play is probably a no call 8 times out of 10. Too bad this ref decided to make an impact on this game.

 

Really great game with a sour and anticlimactic ending.

With the massive rise in legal online gambling, which is a 50+ billion dollar industrial complex as of 2022, I'm convinced that refs in every sport are compromised and are either getting paid and/or are under the threat of violence to decide scores and game outcomes.

U.S. Set Gambling Record In 2022 With More Than $54.9 Billion In Revenue
Will Yakowicz
Forbes Staff

the $53.04 billion record by 13.5%, according to data collected from state regulators by the American Gaming Association. (These numbers do not include the nation’s tribal casinos, nor does it include illegal gambling.)

Casey Clark, a senior vice president at the American Gaming Association (AGA), says the gaming industry has bounced back after a punishing pandemic-induced recession. “To have already surpassed the record numbers we hit in 2021 with a month to spare is really remarkable,” says Clark.

Across the country’s 33 commercial gaming jurisdictions, 30 reported year-over-year revenue growth over the same period in 2021. (Washington, D.C.’s sports betting market saw nearly a 15% decline while Mississippi and South Dakota saw revenues drops of 3.7% and 1%, respectively.)

Slot machines and table generated the most revenue out of any other form of gambling. Slots and table games across the U.S. generated $43.79 billion, a 6.7% increase over the same 11-month period in 2021. Sports bettors wagered $83.13 billion from January through the end of November. Sportsbooks only generated $6.56 billion off those wagers, but it’s a 65.4% increase over the same period in 2021.

In Nevada, the country’s epicenter of gambling, the state’s casinos already broke last year’s historic revenue record of $13.4 billion by November. Through the first 11 months of 2022, casinos in Nevada generated $13.5 billion in gaming revenue, up 10.2% over 2021, according to the Nevada Gaming Control Board. The Silver State has also been on a remarkable winning streak as gamblers have spent more than $1 billion a month for 21 consecutive months.

New York, meanwhile, has become the country’s largest sports betting market. In the Empire State, bettors wagered a total of $16.7 billion through mobile app during the market’s first year in operation, according to the New York State Gaming Commission. Sportsbooks across the state generated $1.4 billion off those wagers.

Brendan Bussmann, the managing partner of B Global, a consulting firm focused on gaming and hospitality, says it’s a good sign that the industry racked up two years of record-setting revenue after getting crushed by the pandemic in 2020. “Not only has the industry bounced back from the pandemic but the industry has expanded,” says Bussmann. “It’s going to continue to percolate and the industry will be in a good position for 2023, regardless of what happens with the economy.”

Bussmann says he expects a small slow down in 2023 due to economic headwinds but he believes the public’s views about gambling have evolved and it’s now seen as a form of entertainment, not a vice. The worry now is that economic pressures could cut into discretionary spending. “We got to see where that discretionary income goes and where it stays,” adds Bussmann.

When asked if 2023 will set another record, Clark remains cautiously optimistic. “The economy faced a lot of headwinds over the last year or two, but our businesses continued to expand and to grow,” he says. “I think we've got a strong foundation for continued growth.”​

 

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Tha real MVP.

Spoiler

 

^is it the first sb that was free to stream (directly from network)?

Great respect.

 

Juju should have had one of his followers post it. Reveling in others failure instead of celebrating your own accomplishment undermines it, not a good look

 

Dear GARM...

 

JuJu has always been petty. not surprised. AJ's clapback was on point and actually true.

 

Dear JuJu in KC, you can't live your life in search of other's failures. Instead, focus on your own success. LOVE- ABBY.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com

 

No kidding, it was an obvious hold, but I'm glad the conspiracy theorists had something to talk about.