Why Are There No Sports Betting Platforms? Seems Like An Obvious Use Case For Smart Contracts.

[swartz]

To my knowledge, there isn't a single decentralized platform out there yet to bet on sports. How awesome would it be to simply match bets on the blockchain without charging the juice you normally pay at a sportsbook. This should be a massively popular thing, why doesn't it exist yet? Can anyone point out the projects that are the most far along so far?

 

[poliq]

I've always thought this would be an excellent use case as well.

Would be cool to bet some Bitcoin on the Conor/Khabib fight this weekend without going through a centralized sportsbook.

 

[lookingforadvice]

Looks like spam to me! How can you pay nothing to the betting platform? How on earth would it cover costs?