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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
Keep telling yourself that and in your mind it will become true. While I do not doubt this may be true in certain areas, I can tell you that what you have stated as a generalization doesn't hold water in many areas.
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What part of what I stated?
That illegal bookie operations are run by criminals? Seems self-evident to me.
Or that frequent contact with organized crime with the predictable result of getting into debt to them may result in people doing desparate things?
Which?
I'm not talking about legal bookmaking. If fact, one helpful action might be to legalize the sports books in all states. It wouldn't help those with a gambling problem, but it would help to remove Uncle Guido from the equation.
And, if you think organized illegal gambling operations are NOT continuing to attempt to influence players, coaches, and officials of all sports of interest (college and professional) in order to get an edge on the odds, you are not facing reality.