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

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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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