Tag: sports gambling in Michigan

Barry Sanders will make the 1st-ever bet at new Motor City Casino sportsbook

Detroit Lions legend Barry Sanders will make the 1st-ever bet at new Motor City Casino sportsbook

Sports gambling is now legal in Michigan. To kick off the in-person wagering at one of the three big casinos in Detroit, Lions legend Barry Sanders is making a special public appearance to get the sportsbook rolling.

Sanders will make the first-ever sports wager at the new FanDuel Sportsbook at Motor City Casino on Thursday when the facility opens for business. Sanders will also meet and greet fans inside the casino.

This comes one day after MGM Casino opened its own sportsbook with several former Detroit sports figures placing the honorary first bets. Other casinos around Michigan are expected to launch their own sportsbooks in the coming months now that sports wagering is legal in Michigan.

Detroit casinos expected to begin sports wagering on March 11

Detroit-area casinos are expected to begin accepting in-person sports wagers on March 11

Beginning next week, Michigan residents can start legally betting on things like the Detroit Lions season win total, NFL MVP and Lions games in person.

The three Detroit-area casinos are anticipated to begin accepting on-site wagering on professional and collegiate sporting events on March 11th. It’s the first big step towards fully legalized sports gambling in Michigan.

According to the Michigan Gaming Control Board, the Detroit casinos — MGM, Greektown and Motor City — will all begin to take in-person, on-site sports wagering bets beginning next week. The board is expected to approve the final stipulations on Tuesday and the casinos already have the infrastructure to start accepting sports wagers right away.

Other casinos around Michigan are expected to closely follow suit. Sports wagering in general was approved in 2019 but the state and the casinos have been working on ironing out the finer details of legalized betting on sports get worked out.