AUSTIN – The most important number of the 2026 NFL season may not be a point spread. It is $36.8 billion, the amount a new industry analysis projects will change hands on prediction markets tied to pro football this year, a figure that would, for the first time, top what every legal sportsbook in America … Read more
HOUSTON – The nurse who takes your blood pressure and the doctor who reads your chart may have helped pay for their training the same way a bettor plays an NFL Sunday. A new survey says a growing share of the country’s future healthcare workers are betting to pay for school, and Texas, with the … Read more
AUSTIN – Cowboys bets are banned in Texas; wagering on a game can technically land you in some hot water. Wagering on who will win the state’s blockbuster U.S. Senate race is legal, federally regulated, and open to anyone 18 and older with a smartphone. That is the strange split screen of 2026. While sports … Read more
AUSTIN – The loudest new voice in the fight over gambling in Texas does not belong to a casino magnate or a crusading politician. It belongs to the state’s doctors, and they are worried about teenagers. The Texas Medical Association, the state’s largest physician group, is pressing lawmakers to impose an age restriction on prediction … Read more