Some of you may have heard the grumblings coming from the brass at the highest levels of the NBA that they wasn’t legalized gambling. NBA commissioner, Adam Silver has decided to make this his main platform and is recruiting other professional sports to work with the government on legalizing placing money on games?
Why should this not be going on?
Well, the simple answer is, there isn’t a simple reason why sports gambling shouldn’t be legal. Aside for Las Vegas and parts of New Jersey, $4.55 billion was still spent on illegal gambling in 2013. It’s the argument with marijuana use, legalize it and tax the everloving hell out of it! It’s not science folks, it’s an untapped revenue source that our government has sat on their hands on for way too long. Continue reading Eat My Sports: A pretty big gamble