A sport that has a commissioner’s office only because of a gambling scandal that rocked the sport 100 years ago might soon have sports betting windows at a major-league ballpark in the very city that scandal took place, according to an ESPN report.
With the recent passage of Illinois’ new sports betting law, the Cubs are among the Chicago teams planning to open a sportsbook at locations inside Wrigley Field and just outside the ballpark, reports ESPN, citing “multiple sources.”
The options being considered internally by more than one Chicago team, said the report, include automated kiosks, betting windows and in-stadium sportsbooks.