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Las Vegas Oddsmaker Predicts Election Winner, Says This Is Exact Repeat of Reagan-Carter in 1980 -- Tied for Months, Then on Election Day a Landslide. And Trump Is the New Reagan! Oct. 27, 2024
No one in the history of politics or political media has my background. Long before I got into polit... Read More
The Gambling Industry Wants to Make Fantasy Sports Leagues Illegal Jan. 30, 2024
Here's a sad and textbook case of how companies all too often use the strong-arm of government to de... Read More
Sports Gambling Here to Stay; It's a Bet There Will Be Problems Feb. 17, 2023
Gambling is considered one of the oldest vices in the world. Some would say that's too harsh a descr... Read More
Bureaucrats Ban Betting Feb. 15, 2023
What will happen in the future? Is there a way to know? There is, maybe. One technique that predicts... Read More
Betting on 2022 Oct. 26, 2022
Some pundits say that Democrats will win the midterms. MSNBC tells us, "Democrats are seeing momentu... Read More
America Needs Political Prediction Markets Sep. 27, 2022
Just in time for the heat of the election season, a federal agency called the Commodity Futures Trad... Read More
Bet the Election Oct. 21, 2020
Donald Trump will probably lose the election. As I write, The Economist says he has only an 8% chanc... Read More
Bill Bradley, Call Your Bookie May. 17, 2018
In 1992, Congress passed a statute authored by then-Sen. Bill Bradley of New Jersey, who was a forme... Read More
Sports Betting Will Complete the Gambling Revolution May. 17, 2018
We think of revolutions as sudden, spectacular events, much like earthquakes or erupting volcanoes t... Read More
States Are Betting That Supreme Court Will Legalize Sports Wagers Mar. 07, 2018
This spring or early summer, the U.S. Supreme Court might legalize sports betting across the country... Read More
Legalize Sports Betting Dec. 31, 2017
Americans have long since broken free of their Puritan past, but the Puritan impulse is not quite de... Read More
Don't Bet Against Tax and Health Care Reform in 2017 May. 20, 2017
If the smart money folks on Wall Street think a special counsel to oversee the Russian probes spells... Read More
Cronies, Place Your Bets on the Wire Act May. 12, 2016
Some members of Congress want the Department of Justice to know that they are unhappy. The source of... Read More
Football and Gaming, What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Oct. 20, 2015
They worship at the high altar of football. They're everywhere. I don't give a fig about football, b... Read More
Gambling and Government Apr. 02, 2014
Did you fill out a March Madness bracket this year? In many states, if you put money in a pool, that... Read More
