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RISKING IT: A customer receives a betting ticket in the sports betting lounge at the Tropicana casino in Atlantic City, N.J., recently. American gamblers have wagered over $125 billion on sports with legal betting outlets in the four years since the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for states to offer legal sports betting.  / AP PHOTO/WAYNE PARRY

In just four years, effects of sports betting widespread

On the anniversary of the decision in a case brought by New Jersey in mid-May, two-thirds of the states in the country have legalized...
ON THE GO: A worker prepares to make a delivery on a bicycle in front of Gorillas mini-warehouse in the Brooklyn borough of New York City in April. Gorillas is one of several companies that venture capitalists have poured billions into in the latest pandemic delivery craze. / AP PHOTO/TALI ARBEL

Are these fast-delivery apps going to vanish just as fast?

When Mahlet Berhanemeskel gets back to her New York City home from her 90-minute commute, she doesn’t feel like cooking. So instead she orders...
TAKING THE RISK: A gambler places sports bets at Bally’s casino in Atlantic City, N.J., earlier this month. The American Gaming Association projects that 45.2 million Americans will bet on NFL games this season. / AP PHOTO/WAYNE PARRY

Legal sports betting spreading across U.S.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J – More than half of the United States now offers legal sports betting, just three years after it was allowed by...
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