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I think most comments and articles lightly touch on or completely miss the most likely outcome of legalized sports gambling...sports are popular in large part because the score, and even individual plays, are the result of honest competition...this makes the sport exciting because of its unpredictability...as sports betting grows the outcome becomes less about the result of competition and more about the betting line...therefore, the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat is no longer trustworthy...I know sports are a business and business is about money...but...the competition to this point was believable...now...not so much...g.

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