Sports Betting
Maine
Duane Bernier saw sports betting go live last year and immediately thought: What about in-person sportsbooks?
“I was very patiently waiting for sports betting to open up,” said Bernier, 50, a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier from Westbrook. “Honestly, it was disappointing when it passed, and it opened, that Oxford (Plains Casino) didn’t have a sportsbook. Part of the appeal for me, anyway, was to be in person.”
Bernier, other sports fans and betting enthusiasts now have their spot. More than 10 months after sports betting began in Maine, the state made its first step into the retail market when Oddfellahs, a sports bar partnered with Caesars Sportsbook to conduct sports gambling, opened Friday afternoon at 55 Market St. in Portland, the former location of The Big Easy music club.