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Any fed dumb enough to waste tax dollars chasing down the client side of the usual small stakes token 2-4 figure betting this involves rather than polymarket (et al) directly deserves to be fired, since it almost certainly is a net negative to the taxpayer and will do nothing to stop this kind of betting.

The mob infamously exploited this widespread American tradition of sports gambling. The law merely legalized, not made it more or less American.

Yeah I find it funny when people equate "legal" to "normal" or "acceptable". The prohibition is one such large example.

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