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		nodesocket on June 16, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: L.A. Dodgers Accelerator Both David Stern (previous) and Adam Silver of the NBA support sports gambling. If all major sports (NFL, MLB, NCAA) can get behind it, perhaps legislation can get pushed through. Once that happens, it will be another "space race" to build the first legal US based sportsbook.

basisword on June 16, 2015 [–]

>> "Once that happens, it will be another "space race" to build the first legal US based sports book."

Wouldn't it just be easy for existing non-US companies to expand into the US? They already cover US sports.

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