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- Wednesday, 19 Apr 2006
Sports gambling has been an international pastime for centuries. The Romans were known to love gambling on gladiator matches, American's today love gambling on football and basketball and countries such as Ireland and the UK are huge fans of making soccer bets. Over the past couple of months there has been much debate centered on gambling related items such as the NHL Gambling Probe and the introduction of legislation to ban Internet Gambling.
Rep. James A. Leach, a Republican from Iowa, cited in the Wall Street Journal on April 4th, 2006 in the article, “Should Online Gambling Be Banned?”, said the following; “It is no accident that supporters of the legislation I have introduced range from every major sporting organization -- the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, NCAA” So in essence they are saying that these professional leagues do not support online gambling.
Yet you don’t see the MLB, NHL, NCAA, NFL or NBA threatening litigation with the sovereign government of British Columbia, Canada?
The British Columbia Lottery Corporation allows residents to wager on a number of sports. In fact, you can bet the spread, odds, over/under and even a version of a parlay wager on multiple sports’ offerings. Here’s the best. They ran a promotion for ‘March Madness’ until April 3 where they promoted the following text, “It's all about hoops: 64 teams, 61 games, March 16 - April 3. Bet on all the big games with Sports Action Oddset and Point Spread below.” So, are the Pro Leagues and NCAA against online gambling or aren’t they? | |
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