A.C. arrests raise new call for legal sports betting
 

A.C. arrests raise new call for legal sports betting

By Troy Graham and George Anastasia

Inquirer Staff Writers
Prosecutors considered the suspects accused this month of running an illegal sports-betting operation out of Atlantic City's premier casino especially brazen.

But taking millions of dollars in illegal bets while sitting in the high-stakes poker room of the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa could be seen as a good marketing gambit.

The bookies simply went where the gamblers were - and they offered a service the casinos couldn't.

"This would not happen in Las Vegas," said William Thompson, a University of Nevada-Las Vegas professor who researches gambling.

Only four states, including Nevada, allow betting on sports - and New Jersey isn't one of them.
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