The closest (legal) betting window for many North Carolinians will be at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort, about an hour west of Asheville. Part 7: Smart money in NC is on making widespread sports gambling legal | Opinionĭying to bet on the Super Bowl this year? If you live in North Carolina, you can, just not as easily as in some of our neighboring states.Part 6: Legalizing betting on sports is a losing gamble | Opinion.Part 5: How we got from there to here: A timeline of gambling in North Carolina.Part 4: Three things to expect if online sports gambling is allowed in North Carolina.Part 3: NC’s pro teams, venues see big possibilities in on-site sports gambling lounges.Part 2: ‘Prior to gaming, we had nothing.’ Cherokee deem sports gambling a success.Part 1: Betting on the Super Bowl in NC is a pain.Read our series on the changes that could happen. Supreme Court overturned a nationwide ban. Roy Cooper has expressed support for sports betting in the past - North Carolina would join about 20 states that have allowed online sports gambling in the four years since the U.S. If Senate Bill 688 becomes law - and Gov. Would legalized sports gambling change NC? Bet on it