Meat Plow wrote:

Arfa said:



OK, he just got in from work and I asked him about betting on US events. He
said that tonight, they were carrying racing from Philadelphia, so I could
have gone into the shop he was working in, 3 odd thousand miles away from
the race, and placed a bet on a horse running at that meeting, but someone
living 2 miles from the racetrack in the US, would not be able to do the
same ! How funny is that ? I asked him about other US sporting events, and
he says that they carry NFL matches as well ...



I think in most Vegas casinos you can bet on NFL and other sports. The big
difference is that gambling is regulated here by the gubbermint and not
that it is totally illegal.
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Yeah, but in most states, OTB and other 'bookmaking' activity is illegal;
the image of the 'bookie' is still by and large an unsavory character
often associated with the Mob.

Michael