News Article: States are free to authorize sports betting, Supreme Court rules

CajunCrimson

Moderator (FB,BB) and Vinyl Enthusiast
Staff member
Mar 13, 2001
26,542
20,519
337
Breaux Bridge, La
Great....another way for Louisiana residents to waste their money.....

apparently they are going to let it happen in Louisiana -- but let each Parish decide.
 

Jon

Hall of Fame
Feb 22, 2002
15,637
12,551
282
Atlanta 'Burbs
Alabama should allow sports betting parlors. They already have Dog, Horse, Bingo and Indian gaming, with no professional teams to worry about legalized sports betting could be a huge revenue source for the State
 

Tidewater

Hall of Fame
Mar 15, 2003
22,401
13,177
287
Hooterville, Vir.
Alabama should allow sports betting parlors. They already have Dog, Horse, Bingo and Indian gaming, with no professional teams to worry about legalized sports betting could be a huge revenue source for the State
I had a conversation with a teacher once in which I called the lottery "a tax on stupidity." She told me she plays the lottery every week and I realized my statement was too harsh. Gambling is a tax on irrational optimism. If you've got the money to waste on it, I guess it's okay, but I would not recommend it. The House always wins, or they would not be in the business.

And yes, Alabama could use the revenue.
 

RollTide_HTTR

Hall of Fame
Feb 22, 2017
8,774
6,540
187
Apparently the illegal sports betting business is estimated to be $150 billion a year market. It seems silly to let that continue without profiting from it IMO.
 

MattinBama

Hall of Fame
Jul 31, 2007
11,144
5,453
187
Alabama should allow sports betting parlors. They already have Dog, Horse, Bingo and Indian gaming, with no professional teams to worry about legalized sports betting could be a huge revenue source for the State
So could online poker and a lot of other things but being smart doesn't go hand in hand with Alabama's leadership.
 

crimsonaudio

Administrator
Staff member
Sep 9, 2002
63,414
67,193
462
crimsonaudio.net
Apparently the illegal sports betting business is estimated to be $150 billion a year market. It seems silly to let that continue without profiting from it IMO.
Not to mention that the federal government has no business telling people that cannot gamble.

I choose not to gamble - it doesn't interest me - but this is similar to the 'no liquor sales on Sunday' laws that are finally beginning to fade away...
 

CajunCrimson

Moderator (FB,BB) and Vinyl Enthusiast
Staff member
Mar 13, 2001
26,542
20,519
337
Breaux Bridge, La
Not to mention that the federal government has no business telling people that cannot gamble.

I choose not to gamble - it doesn't interest me - but this is similar to the 'no liquor sales on Sunday' laws that are finally beginning to fade away...
I agree - but shouldn't that then mean the government owes you nothing should you gamble everything away? Right now -- that's not the case. All they have to do is call it an illness -- and then, the safety net kicks in.....
 

cbi1972

Hall of Fame
Nov 8, 2005
18,139
1,295
182
51
Birmingham, AL
What's wrong with the gambling we got?*

*Hopefully a reference that's not too obscure
Not sure what you were going for, but that about sums up the objection to craft beer that finally became legal in Alabama, but which is still burdened with onerous regulation on distribution.
 

CoachJeff

Suspended
Jan 21, 2014
3,596
3,654
187
Shelby County Alabama
I had a conversation with a teacher once in which I called the lottery "a tax on stupidity." She told me she plays the lottery every week and I realized my statement was too harsh. Gambling is a tax on irrational optimism. If you've got the money to waste on it, I guess it's okay, but I would not recommend it. The House always wins, or they would not be in the business.

And yes, Alabama could use the revenue.
The house always wins against the crowd but there's always a winner.

I've played casinos, but I think that's quite different than playing the lottery. I think sports gambling is different from those two. Better in some ways, worse in others.
 

92tide

TideFans Legend
May 9, 2000
58,154
44,877
287
54
East Point, Ga, USA
Not sure what you were going for, but that about sums up the objection to craft beer that finally became legal in Alabama, but which is still burdened with onerous regulation on distribution.
part of the non-sense wrt craft beer got fixed last year in georgia. i don't know that we will ever see a fix to the non-sense about distribution.
 

rolltide_21

Hall of Fame
Dec 9, 2007
11,463
7,528
187
NW AL
Alabama should allow sports betting parlors. They already have Dog, Horse, Bingo and Indian gaming, with no professional teams to worry about legalized sports betting could be a huge revenue source for the State
The morning show on JOX stated that Alabama is second per capita in illegal sports gambling. I have no link to substantiate but I wouldn’t doubt it .


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 

Bodhisattva

Hall of Fame
Aug 22, 2001
21,596
2,241
287
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
What's wrong with the gambling we got?*






*Hopefully a reference that's not too obscure
Not sure what you were going for, but that about sums up the objection to craft beer that finally became legal in Alabama, but which is still burdened with onerous regulation on distribution.
You got it. Every time there's opposition to removing dumb regulation I think of Alvin Holmes.

 

New Posts

Latest threads

TideFans.shop : 2024 Madness!

TideFans.shop - Get YOUR Bama Gear HERE!”></a>
<br />

<!--/ END TideFans.shop & item link \-->
<p style= Purchases made through our TideFans.shop and Amazon.com links may result in a commission being paid to TideFans.