Wind gusts of up to 40 mph whipped along the Boardwalk in Atlantic City on Friday, leaving pedestrians with a light touch of sand on their lips as they wandered. With temperatures struggling to reach 50 degrees, a lengthy walk would have been, well, Madness.
But there was ample reason for visitors to descend on the island for the past four days: For the first time, the NCAA men’s basketball tournament was available as the subject of legal sports betting in New Jersey (and six other states that have joined Nevada’s bandwagon in the past year).