With scandals aplenty and a growing list of athletes proven to have manipulated athletic betting markets, the pressure on sportsbooks, regulators and lawmakers to rethink what kind of bets are on offer is at an all-time high. But this is far from the first incident of a post-PASPA betting scandal and, to date, not much has changed.
Is 2026 the year that sportsbooks stop bending and break when it comes to micromarkets in in-game betting or limits on collegiate athletic prop bets? The SBC Americas editorial team each weigh in with their predictions.
Tom Nightingale: At least one state bans props
I expect at least one state governor will find themselves looking at a bill to ban all prop betting in 2026. State regulators will certainly start 2026 thinking long and hard about what is the right thing to do. State legislatures repealing sports betting entirely is a remarkable thought and surely a measure too far, but even the fact we’re talking about states possibly talking about it is a ..