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Sports bettors cashing in on Wolfpack's unlikely rise
Mobile sports betting became legal in North Carolina on March 11. The next day, NC State's men's basketball team started a nine-game winning streak that has them in the Final Four.
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Mobile sports betting became legal in North Carolina on March 11. The next day, NC State's men's basketball team started a nine-game winning streak that has them in the Final Four.
TOUCHDOWN. WHAT STORIES AND MORE AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR. WE KNOW. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, JERROLD. SO IN 2 STATES RUNS TO THE FINAL 4, HAVE, OF COURSE, MADE PLENTY OF FANS VERY HAPPY. >> THE WINDS ARE ALSO MAKING FANS PLENTY OF MONEY. SO WE'VE GOT WRAL, SPORTS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER BRIAN MURPHY HERE, RIGHT? YOU'VE GOT THE LONG SHOT THAT THE PAC ARE PAYING OFF WITH US. YEAH, MOBILE SPORTS BETTING STARTED IN NORTH CAROLINA ON MARCH. 11TH THE NEXT DAY AND SEE STATE WON THE FIRST OF 9 STRAIGHT MEN'S BASKETBALL GAMES. >> STRESS THAT IS INCLUDED THE ACC TOURNAMENT AND A BERTH IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT'S FINAL 4 RIDING HIGH OFF THE ACC TITLE. NC STATE WAS 200 TO ONE TO WIN THE NATIONAL TITLE WIN. THE TOURNAMENT BEGAN AND MANY FOLKS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE CHOSEN TO RIDE WITH NC STATE. >> WE TOOK MONEY ON THEM TO WIN. GO TO THE FINAL 4. 3RD, MOST THAT TEAM TO MAKE THE FINAL 4 AND THEY'RE THE SECOND MOST BET TEAM TO WIN THE WHOLE THING. SO IT IS REALLY A AN AMAZING THING TO SEE HAPPENING AT CAROLINA. COINCIDING WITH THE LAUNCH OF SPORTS BETTING THERE THAT A CINDERELLA RUN LIKE NC STATE IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. >> THAT'S A BET. MGM. ONE OF 8 OPERATORS OPERATING IN THE STATE KNOWS THAT TOOK HIM TO STAY THE 50 TO ONE TO WIN THE SOUTH REGION HAVE ALREADY BEEN PAID MORE THAN 10% OF ALL THE BETS PLACED IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. WE'RE ON NC STATE TRAILING ONLY UCONN AT 11%. UNC, WHICH WAS ELIMINATED WAS NUMBER 3 AT 9.2%. IF SOMEONE TOOK IT TO STATES MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT TO WIN THE TITLE AT 200 TO ONE. $100 BET WOULD NET THEM $20,000. AND THAT MEANS BET. MGM IS ROOTING FOR PURDUE AND ALABAMA TO REACH THE TITLE GAME. NC STATE UCONN REPRESENT LIABILITIES FOR THE COMPANY AND ITS NOT JUST THEM. FANATICS. SPORTSBOOK SAID THIS WEEK THAT NC STATE IS ITS BIGGEST LIABILITY TO WIN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE WOMEN'S SIDE. HOWEVER, THE SPORTSBOOKS ARE PULLING FOR NC STATE TO PULL OFF THE UPSET WITH IOWA AND START CAITLINCLARK ATTRACTING MOST OF THE BETS ON THE WOMEN'S SIDE. ALL THE PEOPLE WATCHING THIS IS THE