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https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/39012772/mark-cuban-mavericks-adelsons-sports-betting-texas

 

The move would put another casino owner in the NBA and possibly push Texas closer to legalized sports betting and resort gambling -- a move state lawmakers have so far opposed.

 

In May, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick posted on social media that there is "little to no support for expanding gaming from Senate GOP."

Thirty-seven states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have launched legal betting markets in the past five years. Texas and California, the most populous states, however, have not joined the sports betting boom yet. But Texans are still finding ways to bet. According to estimates by gambling research firm Eilers & Krejcik Gaming, Texans bet $6.23 billion annually on sports, but, without legal options, use local bookies or online sportsbooks located offshore in an untaxed environment.

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"Cuban was one of the very first American professional sports team owners to advocate for a new approach to betting in the NBA and the U.S. In 2014, Cuban said he "[agreed] 100%" with NBA commissioner Adam Silver's New York Times op-ed calling for the U.S. Congress to reexamine the country's laws on sports betting.

 

"I just think that Adam did the exact right thing," Cuban said roughly a week after Silver's op-ed was published. "I think by focusing on the federal regulations and making the changes there, that it will change. It's just a question of when."

 

Four years later, on May 14, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992, the federal statute that had restricted regulated sports betting to primarily Nevada."

 

If you live in a state without sports betting I feel sorry man 

 

It's good ****. 

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What are we looking at for Sunday?

 

First TD scored by a number under 22.5 is at +100.

 

Over 25.5 Patrick Mahomes completions. +100

 

Chiefs over 5.5 third down conversions.  +105

 

Purdy over 250 yards and 2 TDs. +200

 

What else you got?

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https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/39773731/cavaliers-jb-bickerstaff-says-threatened-gamblers

 

Cleveland Cavaliers coach J.B. Bickerstaff revealed he received threats from gamblers last season and reported it to the NBA.

 

While being asked Wednesday night about sports gambling following comments made by Pacers All-Star Tyrese Haliburton, who said he sometimes feels like a "prop," Bickerstaff said gamblers contacted him.

 

"They got my telephone number and were sending me crazy messages about where I live and my kids and all that stuff," Bickerstaff said before the Cavs hosted the Miami Heat. "So it is a dangerous game and a fine line that we're walking for sure."

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5 minutes ago, ixcuincle said:

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/39773731/cavaliers-jb-bickerstaff-says-threatened-gamblers

 

Cleveland Cavaliers coach J.B. Bickerstaff revealed he received threats from gamblers last season and reported it to the NBA.

 

While being asked Wednesday night about sports gambling following comments made by Pacers All-Star Tyrese Haliburton, who said he sometimes feels like a "prop," Bickerstaff said gamblers contacted him.

 

"They got my telephone number and were sending me crazy messages about where I live and my kids and all that stuff," Bickerstaff said before the Cavs hosted the Miami Heat. "So it is a dangerous game and a fine line that we're walking for sure."

 

I'm sure Adam Silver would rather he not have mentioned that.  lol

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