“They know the way essential betting is to their sport, and extra importantly, the betting trade is aware of how essential soccer is to it,” mentioned Borod, who has labored within the sports activities betting subject for almost a decade. “Within the early days, there was a view that perhaps you shouldn’t have the ability to wager at a sports activities e book contained in the stadium. However I feel as sports activities betting has matured, and also you notice, nicely, individuals are doing it on their telephones anyway.”
The sports activities e book, which is open solely to ticket-holders throughout Commanders video games, doesn’t have a view of the sector, so by kickoff of Sunday’s recreation with the Arizona Cardinals, solely 5 folks lingered inside on the leather-based couches and on the bar. At halftime, there was a gradual trickle of followers, some returning to put bets primarily based on what that they had seen within the first half. Others sought a cool, dry place to order meals and drinks.
“Doubling down on Washington, huh?” a fan carrying the jersey of Kamren Curl, the Commanders security, referred to as out to a different bettor on the subsequent kiosk over. Washington trailed the Cardinals by 3 factors at halftime, however he reasoned that the house workforce wasn’t possible to present away the ball three extra occasions. One other Commanders fan, standing underneath a tv display that displayed dwell odds for the entire early afternoon N.F.L. video games, begrudgingly put cash on the Cardinals.
Joe D. and Jason B., two childhood buddies attending the sport to rejoice their birthdays, had already positioned bets on a cellular app main as much as Sunday’s recreation. However after they noticed the signal exterior the sports activities e book providing a free hat, they determined to enterprise inside the place every put down $20 extra, lower than the price of any hat on the Fanatics attire retailer subsequent door.
“We by no means put in cash we don’t have,” mentioned Jason B., who alongside along with his good friend declined to present his final identify, citing a societal stigma round playing. “However not everybody has the flexibility to manage themselves.”
