The question in the headline is a bit funny: Is sports betting here to stay? What made you come up with that question? The fact is that sports betting isn't going anywhere...year after year, the numbers just keep growing, there are more casinos & players.

I wouldn't say that sports betting has a stronger appeal than other games... in the end, it's a matter of taste, and taste is not something to argue about. We can enjoy different games, and I guess we all do pretty much the same things. We enjoy different games depending on our current mood, free time, and available money.