A lot can take place in a year. And this previous year, a lot took place in the legal sports betting wagering and iGaming industry - and after that some.

A referendum in Missouri, high-profile wagering scandals, and crackdowns on an offshore sportsbook and college player prop wagering are simply a few of the huge stories of 2024. But there was a lot more.

So, to revitalize our readers' memories (in addition to our own), Covers chosen once again to assemble the leading stories of the year. The slow news days were rare, as you'll quickly see.

Missouri (barely) authorizes mobile sports betting wagering

Any state authorizing legal sports betting is a big deal. How Missouri did it - and what comes next - makes it one of the year's most essential stories.

Missouri approved retail and mobile sportsbooks by approximately 3,000 votes out of almost 3 million cast. This was not just the closest margin of any gaming-related procedure this election cycle however the closest in any state considering that the Supreme Court struck down the federal wagering restriction in 2018.

After reviewing the last main outcomes of every Missouri county with more than 10,000 votes this election, I can say - officially - that the sports betting ballot measure has actually preserved enough support from Election Day tallies to pass