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stopdiggin

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2. LOTs and LOTS of people predicted ...

Reply to AZProgressive (Original post)

Wed Dec 31, 2025, 02:25 AM

8 hrs ago

And pleaded with lawmakers on bended knee ...

But the laissez faire argument (and the prospect of boatloads of money) won the day.
And it's only likely to go downhill from here.

There has always been ripe opportunity, and a certain acknowledgement if not acceptance of cheating (it's almost a baseline element of 'sports'). But what we have done here - is removed any remaining taboo - and invited the bookies to become 'roomies' with the athletes. Quelle surprise!

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Legalized Online Betting Is Destroying Sports (Legal Eagle) [View all] AZProgressive 9 hrs ago OP

i'm convinced by their advertising that these sports books are making money rampartd 9 hrs ago #1

LOTs and LOTS of people predicted ... stopdiggin 8 hrs ago #2

I was happy when it was just horses. BidenRocks 7 hrs ago #3