A report published by the Las Vegas Review journal states that the Nevada sports betting handle is estimated to reach over $5 billion dollars in 2016. This will be due to the record handle in March. The constant progress of Nevada sports betting has come at a time when legislators on Capitol Hill are starting to feel pressure as they prepare to amend the existing sports betting laws. A federal act put in place in 1992 restricts sports betting to very few states. Nevada is the only jurisdiction that allows the sports betting activity.

In March, the Sports Books in Nevada recorded an amount of $458 million in bets. This was after recording $363 million in total bets on February and around $450 million that was gambled in January. This was a previous record amount. In 2015, Nevada Sports books recorded $4.2 billion in wager amounts which was the greatest amount recorded for Silver State casino industry. This was the only time that the handle ever went further than $4 billion. 5.47% of the betting amount was won by Nevada and the $231.8 million in revenue was the greatest amount for the sports books. The sports betting locations had increased from 190 in the previous year to 196 in 2015.

In total the gaming revenue for Nevada was $11,114,081,000 where sports betting had 2.095 of the total gaming win. Research from the University of Nevada Las Vegas showed that was one of the greatest revenues ever made. The sports betting’s increase has come at a period in which sports win as a percentage of the cumulative Nevada casino industry is at the lowest level. Nevada gaming watchdogs and sports betting are looking for a way that gamblers can use their online betting accounts to some degree when they are outside of Silver State. This is in preparation for a possible future of authorized and controlled gambling countrywide.

Sports’ betting is becoming acceptable in many places and the NFL quest of taking his team to Las Vegas has led the NFL to recognize that their ant-gambling position is changing.

American football with the help of the NFL will be globally played. They are soon to set foot in the United Kingdom and also make a return to Mexico City in the course of this year. The NFL association has hopes to extend the American football to Germany in 2017 and in China in 2018. ZiggyAnsah who is from Ghana also has hopes in extending the NFL in Africa. He spoke through the Detroit Lions’ official website where he said that he would love to see one of the NFL games played in Africa. He also stated that Africa has a lot of potential and that one day the NFL would be played on the African soil.

The British colonialism introduced soccer playing to Africa in the 19^th century. It was spread through mission schools, military forces and railways. Football has become very popular with 15 energetic NFL players having links to Africa. Christian Okoye who is known as the Nigerian Nightmare and a former Kansas City Chiefs power runner was the first player to ever represent Africa in the NFL. He became known as an inspiration to many young African athletes in 1980. ZiggyAnsah confessed that there were very many Africans participating in the NFL games. He also said that the game was quickly growing in Africa as there were very many young people interested in learning to play the game.

ZiggyAnsah also stated that the young players coming from Africa were also interested in playing for NFL. There are 15 players who are listed to take part in the NFL and 35 more that are known to have experience in playing for the NFL. They are also believed to be from Africa according to the research carried out by NFL. However, it is unfortunate that the NFL is not yet ready to hold a game in Africa in the near future. Though, ZiggyAnsah’s dreams of the NFL being hosted in Africa might come to pass in the next generation if the interest in the game by Africans continues to increase.