California massively rejects sports betting. (Adding a data point or two) [View all]
Both propositions lost by over 70/30 margins.
A little history of corruption in sports may (IMO) have had something to do with this.
Read about Tim Donaghy if you weren’t aware of NBA game fixing by referees.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/25980368/how-former-ref-tim-donaghy-conspired-fix-nba-games
Sports talk people (who are heavily sponsored by sports wagering “advisors” ) are pretty livid.
Time for Tom Tolbert, who spends a great deal of air time discussing “the spread” (And I don’t mean mayonnaise) and what’s “got value”. Oh yes, “gambling good”
He says that people were afraid that CA would turn into Biff Tannen’s Pleasure Palace on every block. No, Tom. You’ll have to go to Reno or LasVegas to indulge your habit.
As quickly as the radio went on, it goes off!
The thing that intrigued me was that two cards showed up in my mailbox. One against prop 26 and the other against prop 27. It sure looks like each proponent spent a fortune ($571 million!) running down the other, and they were both successful!
Just an observation. I’d like to see a team named “The Spread” so that announcers can say: “So and so team beat The Spread” and confuse gamblers.
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