Six SugarHouse regulars were chosen to jointly make the first bets, with a modest line of customers waiting to follow them before the scheduled 2 p.m. So what kind of fanfare was in the air at SugarHouse, located on Delaware Avenue? Nothing too fancy for this two-day test period casino officials say they are saving that sort of thing for Saturday’s official state approval and for next spring’s rollout of a permanent sportsbook. Census’s 2017 estimate, yields to Philadelphia’s sixth-place ranking at almost 1.6 million.

Las Vegas, ranked 28th in the nation in population with just over 640,000 people according to the U.S. to offer legal sports betting when SugarHouse Casino rolled out its temporary sportsbook. On Thursday, Philadelphia took over as the largest city in the U.S.