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A new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute poll gauges Americans' attitudes on sports betting.

The survey found less than a third believe gambling on sports is bad for sports and for society.

A large share of Americans say sports betting is neither bad nor good for sports or society.

Americans legally bet an estimated $3.1 billion on men’s and women’s NCAA tournament games this past March, up $400 million from the year before.

And while that’s a big number, it’s a fraction of the nearly $150 billion the American Gaming Association estimates people wagered in total on sports in 2024.

Super Bowl LIX this past February was the online sportsbook BetMGM’s single-biggest betting event ever, according to the New York Post . DraftKings, another sportsbook, reported it wrote more than

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