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Gambling on the Super Bowl comes to Northeast Indiana

Legal sports betting makes the Super Bowl viewing experience different in Indiana.

Posted: Feb 3, 2020 1:16 AM
Updated: Feb 3, 2020 1:22 AM

NEW HAVEN, Ind. (WFFT) -- Watching the biggest game of the year brings almost every eye to TV screens, and now there's an even bigger incentive.

Betting on the biggest game of the year.

"Come on, tails!" yells Al Rinehart.

Rinehart, and two others at his table, have money that the coin toss will land on tails.

It's one of many bets they have on Sunday's game at the Winner's Circle in New Haven.

"To come here and do stuff like this, it's nice," says Rinehart.

It wasn't possible before the summer of 2019, but the legalization of sports betting and sportsbooks has revolutionized the football industry.

"We've had just shy of 2,500 bets placed on this game alone," says David Doyle, General Manager at Winner's Circle.

Doyle says bets ranged anywhere from $5 to the maximum, to in the thousands.

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