The American Gaming Association predicts bettors will wager $4.7 billion on Sunday’s Super Bowl, up 11 percent from last year.
I’m just thrilled and thankful that I won’t be one of them. Two years running.
After a lifetime of sports gambling, I pledged in The Wall Street Journal before the 2015 NFL season to kick betting to the curb. Not just on Super Bowl Sunday, but one Sunday at a time – no teasers, no parlays, especially none of that “more filling, less satisfying” drug of fantasy football.
Sparky and Our Gang sang it right: “Sunday’s Have Never Been the Same.