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    Gambling on sports is a bad bet

    by Cal Thomas, Tribune Content Agency May 24, 2018 2 minutes

    "I am shocked, shocked, to find that gambling is going on in here." -- Captain Renault, "Casablanca"

    Human nature being what it is it should come as no shock that the next level of approved gambling in America is sports betting. States already have casinos, the lottery and other ways of separating money from the weak for their ravenous and bottomless coffers, so why

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