GAMBLING IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS

How Covid-19 paralyzed the entire industry, and what games can do to respond

It was this week that changed everything. On March 11, the National Basketball Association (NBA) suspended the 2020 season after Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert tested positive for the coronavirus. On the same day, the National Radio and Television Association cancelled the plug of its Las Vegas conference, and the dominoes began to collapse. The next day, the National Hockey League also suspended the season. The college basketball game was held in an empty auditorium, and then the March Madness was completely cancelled. Major League Soccer first banned spectators, and then the game. Major League Baseball postponed the start of the season by at least two weeks. The Masters Golf Tour was postponed indefinitely, and the Boston Marathon and Kentucky Derby were postponed to September. NASCAR cancelled the season, the PGA cancelled the golf competitions around it, and even the Monte Carlo Grand Prix.

Knee injured in sports betting. Especially in states such as Illinois and Michigan, the state just went live on March 9 (Illinois) and March 11 (Michigan). Covid-19 is not only worried about emptying sports books, there are very few bets anyway: Australian rules football and rugby, Mexican football, Brazilian UFC. As South Point Casino Sports Book Director Chris Andrews told USA Today, “In our racket, people like to take action, so they will take action.” It is said that Turkish football is also explosion.

Soon, people have no books on leisure sports. On March 13, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, closed Boyd Gaming's Valley Forge Casino Resort (Valley Forge Casino Resort), which was the first private casino to be swept by a tsunami due to closure. Most gambling states. Nevada tried to survive, but on March 17, Governor Steve Sisolak bowed to the inevitable and closed the state's casinos for 30 days. Within a week, the U.S. gambling industry had evolved from a boom period (which achieved double-digit revenue growth in many states) to a virtual industry and promoted the use of online casino malaysia. Online gambling and especially live casinos are becoming more and more popular due to advanced technology, more and more Internet users and convenient access.

At the same time, punters are encouraged to continue to try and try Internet gambling. Unfortunately, in the United States, this is just a band-aid. Only 10 states have it, and almost only one state in New Jersey has matured. Last month, Garden State’s online casino revenue totaled $52 million, and Tilman Fertitta’s "Golden Nugget" earned more revenue from online games than ground operations . Whether this is the beginning of the trend remains to be seen.