In 2018, the Supreme Court voted 6-3 to strike down a federal law banning sports gambling, thus allowing individual states to decide whether to allow it, or not.

It didn’t take a genius to predict what might happen, especially when politicians can find new sources of revenue beyond income, property and sales taxes.

Last week, more than 30 people were indicted as part of a national sports betting scandal involving high-profile figures, including Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier. Billups was charged in a scheme involving rigged poker games, and Rozier was charged for allegedly providing insider information to an illegal sports betting ring.

A former player, Damon Jones, was also indicted for sharing insider information. The FBI said arrests were made in 11 states with more arrests likely to come.

What may have surprised many were allegations that these schemes are linked to three different........

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