Just one quick decade ago, it was virtually not possible to engage in authorized sports betting for those who live in the United States or in Canada. Both countries professionalhibit betting on nearly all organized sports, in any kind at all. The exceptions have always been parimutuel betting, which is only applied to 2 or three totally different sports (among them canine and horse racing). Outside of these sports, the only legal bets one could place on sports in North…