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Parents of fentanyl victims rally in San Francisco – CBS San Francisco

Posted: August 22, 2022 at 11:55 pm

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) -- Mothers Against Drug Deaths hosted a rally Sunday on the first National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day at San Francisco City Hall where they were joined by community leaders and other advocates calling for tougher policies to reduce overdose deaths.

"Trevor was a wonderful human being with a beautiful heart," said Michelle Leopold. She lost her son in 2019 to a fentanyl overdose. He was 18 at the time.

"I know that there's a lot of stigma around addiction that needs to be changed," she added.

Leopold was one of the speakers at Sunday's rally. She said that her business has suffered from increased shoplifting from drug users trying to sell those stolen items to buy narcotics. Her son tried to get oxycodone the day he died but a toxicology report showed only fentanyl in his system.

"It's not a parenting problem. Just like when you get cancer it's not a parenting problem, it's a disease and addiction is a disease," she explained.

Speakers included the new district attorney for San Francisco Brooke Jenkins who said that they are at war with fentanyl and her department will now work with the police department to prosecute cases. She said her new policies target fentanyl dealers and she emphasized these are not victimless crimes.

"We are going to make sure that, for those who are struggling with substance abuse, that we get them help," Jenkins said. "This is not a war on addicts. This is not a war on some of our most vulnerable San Franciscans who need our help."

Several city supervisors expressed their support for policies that include ending homeless encampments and an open-air drug market. They acknowledged not everyone on the board of supervisors agrees on this issue.

"This is an important rally. This is led by people that are feeling pain on a daily basis," said Supervisor Ahsha Safai of District 11. "I'm here to listen, I'm here to do better and we're going to try and turn this crisis around in this city."

While the members of MADD wanted to see a tougher response by city and state leaders, they also want to encourage their community to learn more about how to save lives.

Leopold will be giving out free supplies of Narcan, the medication that, when used correctly, can reverse the effects of an overdose. She owns multiple stores and will distribute the product at different locations and will train people on how to use it over the next 10 days.

"I thought I'd be teaching my son about the world but I'm teaching the world about my son," Leopold said.

Shawn Chitnis joined the KPIX 5 news team in October 2021 after spending more than 6 years with our sister station CBS4 Denver.

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Retail Industry Joins With Law Enforcement to Keep Communities Safe – CSNews Online

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ARLINGTON, Va. The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) and the National District Attorneys Association (NDAA) are entering a first-of-its-kind national partnership to combat retail crime.

The launch of the collaboration follows a summit held on June 30, which brought together leading retailers and prosecutors' offices from around the country to establish open lines of communication between prosecutors and retailers, identify common challenges, share information on repeat offenders, and work together to identify criminal networks targeting local retailers.

"Retail theft is not a victimless crime. As prosecutors, we must protect the safety of retail employees and customers by holding the individuals who commit thefts, violence and other retail-related offenses accountable for their crimes," said Erie County (N.Y.) District Attorney John J. Flynn, president of NDAA. "I look forward to continued discussions with the Retail Industry Leaders Association on how to uncover the criminals who profit from stolen merchandise, prevent thefts and enhance public safety for all who shop and work at our nation's retailers."

Bringing together prosecutors and retailers is essential to combatting organized retail crime and keeping communities safe, the associations jointly stated. Law enforcement agencies at multiple levels, including the federal government, have established thenexus between organized retail crime and violence, as well as broader criminal activitythat includes human trafficking, cybercrimes, drug trafficking, domestic violence and sexual assault.

By sharing information and working together to identify the organized criminal networks operating in communities, the aim of the partnership is to focus resources on cases that are vital to public safety.

"Retailers are extremely grateful to begin this partnership and develop stronger ties with local prosecutors who are on the front lines of keeping our communities safe.Organized retail crime is not petty theft. Our goal is to assist law enforcement with big cases, where organized criminal rings are stealing and reselling thousands sometimes millions of dollars in stolen product. These networks have become more violent and brazen in recent years, and this partnership is a tremendous opportunity to target career criminals and put them out of business," said RILA Senior Executive Vice President for Retail Operations Lisa LaBruno.

Through the partnership, NDAA and RILA will develop training, best practice guides, thought pieces, policy papers, webinars and other educational resources for retailers, prosecutors, law enforcement and communities.

To kick off the partnership, the two organizations will host a webinar on Oct. 8 on the new retail theft task force recently launched by the Maricopa County Attorney's Office in Phoenix.

More information on training courses is available here.

As the eyes and ears of the community, convenience store retailers were asked to help provide a comprehensive review of human trafficking in the transportation sector.

Last year, NACS joined with more than 100 groups to participate in the 2021 National Outreach Survey for Transportation, led by United Against Slavery. The project analyzed frontline data from experts in all modes of transportation to craft policies and solutions to disrupt human trafficking and ultimately make it difficult, unattractive and unprofitable.

The convenience channel represents one-third of all retail stores in the United States with more than 150,000-plus c-stores. In addition to providing products and services, c-store retailers help address important national initiatives at a local level. NACS survey data shows that 40 percent of all consumers say that human trafficking is an issue they would support their local store in combating.

For more information the role the convenience channel plays in combating human trafficking, read theConvenience Store News special report.

Formed in 1950, National District Attorneys Association is the oldest and largest national organization representing state and local prosecutors in the country. It encompasses more than 5,000 members representing more than two-thirds of the state and local prosecutors offices.

Arlington-based Retail Industry Leaders Association is the U.S. trade association representing leading retailers.

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NSA to reveal identities of big men behind oil theft in Nigeria Presidency – Daily Post Nigeria

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Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, has disclosed that the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) would soon reveal the identities of highly placed Nigerians behind oil theft in Nigeria.

Appearing on a Trust TV programme, Shehu revealed that security operatives recently raided locations where illegal oil bunkering thrives as part of the plan to control economic sabotage in Nigeria, adding that oil theft is being tackled.

Shehu also disclosed that it is embarrassing for the country not to meet up with the quota given to it by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

According to him, Oil theft is being tackled. The big problem we have in this country is that we ought to see more commitment from communities in assisting law enforcement agents. In some cases, where some actors in law enforcement are complicit, it becomes bad.

We used to fight the OPEC for more quotas; now, theyve given us and we arent able to meet up. Thiss embarrassing. Security agencies are fully involved in stopping this act. Im hopeful that in the next few days, the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) will be presenting to the country big men who are promoters of this kind of business as theyre being caught and illegal refineries are being bombed out.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited is also installing a monitoring capacity to detect or advise immediately when sabotage of oil pipelines happens.

Meanwhile, just last week, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested 120 Nigerians over alleged illegal oil theft.

The EFCC carried out a joint operation with personnel of the 6 Division Garrison, Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

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Former US Cyber Command and NSA chief makes the case for a cyber competition strategy | The Strategist – The Strategist

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Cyber threats to national security and prosperity are today better understood, better prioritised and far better resourced than in decades past. Cyber as a domain, as a threat and as a key opportunity is now a firmly established and essential element of military strategy and capability.

Yet today, state, non-state and individual cyber actors have greater capability, capacity and willingness to use cyber tools aggressively for malicious purposes, and their tolerance for risk has grown.

In the view of former US National Security Agency and US Cyber Command boss Mike Rogers, despite the positives, the overall picture of the cyber domain is one of increased threat and complexity.

Most countries, even if they leverage all the power and capability of their military and defence cyber sectors, cant effectively respond to this complex threat environment alone. Many nations, Western and non-Western, democratic and non-democratic alike, now understand that their national capabilities and their private sectors are engaged in a competition that is fundamentally unfair.

For decades, countries with market-based economies, such as the United States, have sought to create national frameworks that enable their research and development ecosystems and free-market private sectors to pursue global competitive advantage, largely by keeping government out of their way.

The assumption that market-based economies by their nature could continue to enable the private sector to out-compete and out-innovate their rivals has been disproven. Rogers notes that the approach of an enabled and unencumbered free market served the US well for a time after the end of the Cold War; it led to the invention and dominance by the US and other Western nations of key capability areas like stealth technology, the internet and wireless connectivity.

But between the fourth and fifth generation of these technologies, the playing field has definitively tilted in favour of actors that exploit highly controlled, centralised and coordinated strategies leveraging all the resources and capability in their private and public sectors, including intelligence and espionage capabilities.

Chinanow openly described as a peer competitor and strategic rival to most Western countrieshas assessed that cyber and a range of critical and emerging technologies are game-changers with both domestic and international implications. Cyber is considered by China (and the US and others) as being among a range of technologies that can offer decisive strategic advantages for future prosperity and security.

The Chinese state has poured, and continues to pour, billions of dollars into building its cyber capabilities. Its strategy includes blatant theft of advanced Western intellectual property and excessive requirements for technology transfer from the West as a precondition for access to the lucrative Chinese market, and to the billions of dollars of Chinese state investment.

No company, R&D outfit, or sector of companies operating under free-market principles and on the assumption of a level playing field can compete with Chinas strategy. Competing under these circumstances requires a team approach bringing together government and the private sector, and working with partners and allies across national boundaries.

In no way should a team strategy between like-minded players emulate what China has done. Competing effectively doesnt necessitate cyber-enabled IP theft, the employment of state espionage capabilities to unfairly benefit Chinese state-owned and private companies, or forced technology transfer. But it does require policy settings that protect innovation and cutting-edge technology developed and commercialised in the US and other centres of technological excellence and dynamism (including and especially in the Indo-Pacific).

It also requires export-control and inward-investment regimes that differentiate between international actors with which technological cooperation is a strategic imperative and those that present significant strategic risks.

It certainly involves a clear articulation that competitionfair competition with clear rules for acceptable and unacceptable behaviouris the strategy. And it involves action to create a policy environment that enables competition in a way that protects and extends existing rules and norms and that safeguards IP and key sources of innovation.

It also requires forums and mechanisms that bring together the perspectives, incentives and imperatives that drive the activities of governments, the technology sector and civil society. These communities dont yet talk to one another effectively, dont harness their collective power for shared benefit, and dont align on common interests in a way that produces superior outcomes for them all.

The need to get to that is urgent. The Sydney Dialogue, an ASPI initiative, brings government, private-sector and civil-society leaders together at the highest levels and provides a platform for enhanced cooperation between international actors. It offers a constructive space for the urgent conversation needed to enable stronger, fairer, more integrated competitive strategies between countries that share a commitment to the rule of law and a vision for the use of existing and future technologies in the global good.

Rogers discussed the need for better, more integrated strategies to compete with China in key technology areas. He delved into the implications of the use of cyber capabilities in the Russian invasion of and ongoing war against Ukraine, and described it as a watershed moment. The growing reality of, and increasing calls for, decoupling of cyber and other technologies from China, Russia and other actors is also explored.

Importantly, Rogers talked about the enormous potential of the technology priorities and objectives of the AUKUS partnership. Australia, the UK and the US have a real opportunity to demonstrate and enhance their ability to achieve effective integration between government, industry and civil society, and to work across national borders through a joined up, multi-sectoral technology strategy for national security.

To meet the objectives of partnerships like AUKUS, theres a need to move beyond cooperation to integration, including between parts of our systems that have operated independently for good reasons in the past. We must preserve the best and most productive characteristics of our free and open systems. But government, the private sector and civil society must also be brought into closer alignment for the benefit of all. It is past time to move beyond understanding the problem and start organising more effectively for the geostrategic technology competition that we know were now in.

The policy challenges posed by critical, emerging, cyber and space technology require a new approach. That starts with answering a key question Rogers asks: What is our vision of the key technologies, the most critical sectors that are really going to drive economic advantage and [that] if placed at risk would cause us harm, [and] what are the policies we need to create advantage for ourselves?

A new cybersecurity strategy based on what is required to become and remain competitive, secure and resilient should focus on this central question.

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Inaugural India-Central Asia NSA meeting to be held in December – WION

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As a key outcome of the first India-Central Asia summit that took place in January this year, the inaugural National Security Advisors meet will take place in December this year in India.

The meeting takes place even as India and Central Asia celebrate 30 years of establishment of ties and focus on increasingengagement. Central Asia consists of fivecountries - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistanand Uzbekistan with whom India has cultural and civilization ties.

The India Central Asia summit had taken place earlier withthe participation of PM Modi andall leaders of the five countriesandthe key outcomes of the meet included holding summit level meet every twoyears. Leaders also agreed on regular meetings of foreign ministers, trade ministers, culture ministers andsecretaries of the Security Council or NSAs as part of close cooperation.

India will also host the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) NSAmeeting in March of next year(2023). India will be taking over the chair of the group in September this year after the summit in Uzbekistan's Samarkand.

On Friday, India's deputy national security adviser Vikram Misri took part in 17th Secretaries of Security Councils meeting in the Uzbek capital Tashkent. During the meeting, the key focus of India was on Afghanistan as officials highlightedhow India has helped the Afghan people as itreiterated its call for the formation of an inclusive government, preserving the rights of women, children and minorities andcombating terrorism and drug trafficking.

While the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in August last year shocked the region and the world, the focus since then has been on aid to the Afghan people by New Delhi. India has sent 40,000 MT of wheat, 30 tons of medicines, 500,000 doses of COVID-19vaccine and 500 units of winter clothing so far. In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Patika province, Indian Air force planes delivered 28 tons of emergency relief assistance.

However, worries remain over Afghan territory being used by terrorists whichwas emphasised by India's deputy NSA who highlighted the threat posed by various terror groups including those designated by UNSC such as ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Lashkar -e-Taiba, Jaish -e-Mohammed among others. He pointed tothe recent attack on Karte Parwan Gurudwara in Kabul whileexpressing concerns over the increase in the number of terror attacks by ISIS affiliate Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP).

This yearIndia is the Chair of the Council of Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure ( RATS) of the SCO andhas strongly taken up the issue of countering terror finance. It has chaired 24 meetings of various groups of the SCO RATS structure with five meetings held in India.

India will also be holding the SCO RATS council meeting on October 14th this year in Delhi.

During his Uzbekistan visit, Deputy NSA Misri held bilateral meetings with Uzbek NSA Viktor Makhmudov, Mongolian NSA J. Enkhbayar andcalled on the Acting Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Vladimir Norov Imanovich.

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Some Kansas Sports Betting Regulations Shot Down by State Attorney General – Covers

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But what the AGs regulatory qualms mean for the forthcoming launch of legal sports betting in Kansas remains to be seen.

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The launch of legal sports betting in Kansas ran into a bump in the road on Friday, as the states attorney general rejected several wagering-related regulations that the legal office says need fixing.

A soft launch of online sports betting is expected on September 1 in Kansas, followed by a full launch a week later. Several mobile sportsbooks are expected to go live in the state as soon as possible.

However, according to a press release, the office of Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt went over the state lotterys proposed rules for retail and online sports betting and found several issues that need work.

The attorney generals office has completed its expedited, but thorough, review of the several proposed regulations from the Kansas Lottery related to sports wagering and has approved three of those regulations and returned the others to the Kansas Lottery identifying specific shortcomings that must be remedied, said John Milburn, public information officer for the AGs office, in a statement. We look forward to the Lottery quickly resolving these legal problems and resubmitting the regulations.

The AGs office noted that proposed regulations are ordinarily reviewed by the Division of the Budget and Department of Administration as well, but the states sports-betting law exempted the sports-betting rules from their scrutiny.

Thus, in this case, the attorney generals office is the only reviewer that can identify errors committed by the agencies in the hurried drafting of regulations that affect millions of dollars in wagering activity, and we take that responsibility seriously, Milburn said in the statement.

Separate regulations proposed by the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission last week are still being reviewed by the AGs office, and we will continue to expedite that process, Milburn said.

What the AGs regulatory qualms mean for the forthcoming launch of legal sports betting in Kansas remains to be seen. A spokesperson for the Kansas Lottery did not respond to an email from Covers before this story was published.

There could be a political dimension to the issue as well. Schmidt, notably, is running for governor against current Gov. Laura Kelly, who announced the start date for sports betting and signed the state's wagering bill into law.

Legalizing sports betting is a common-sense solution that keeps Kansans money in Kansas and drives business to sporting events, casinos, restaurants, and other entertainment venues, Kelly said in an August 18 press release. I want to thank all our partners for working with us to get this done in time for football season.

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Top 7 Reasons for the Success of Online Sports Betting – Sports Talk Florida

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Sports betting is not a very recent phenomenon. Betting on the outcome of sports events like horseraces, animal fights, and gladiator battles can be drawn back to the history of ancient Rome. By thesixteenth century, Rome had spread its craze of gambling across the globe and many people acrossEurope started actively betting on wrestling and cock fights. By the eighteenth century, peoplebegan to wager in horse races and boxing and later they began to focus on games like rugby andcricket for gambling.

Sports betting has always been a part of history. But with the advent of technology, they havebecome more popular. Thanks to ever-growing internet connectivity, people can now place theirbets from anywhere in the world. With loads of online platforms, betting has become moreaccessible than ever before. Moreover, today there are many online casino guides like goodluckmatethat help players to get huge bonuses with the pro tips and tricks they offer.The online sports betting industry has become an enormous industry that is worth more than$218.49 billion. Now, let us look into the various reason that made online sports betting immenselypopular.

Convenience

One of the most obvious reasons for the growth of online sports betting is the convenience that theyoffer. Technology has made it possible for people to bet from anywhere and at any time. Whilebetting online, you do not have to go through the trouble of going through a local sportsbook whichtakes up a lot of time and patience. With online sports betting, you can place as many wagers as youwant within a few minutes.

Many of the audience live a hectic life where they do not get time to go to a brick-and-mortar casinoand place their bet. Now, with these online platforms, they have the luxury to bet on anything theywant from the comforts of their couch. This also enables people to save money that they will need ifthey had to go to land-based casinos. Another reason for the popularity of online sports betting isthe growing mobile internet. With numerous apps that enable people to place bets, they can placebets from anywhere with a click.

Ease of researching

Another reason for the massive success of online sports betting is the ease of research that theyprovide. As we know, to place bets successfully, you need to study and do research a lot. But onlinesports wagering has made this part quite easy. Now many services are there to give you gamblingtips, provide strategies, and help you take the best wagering choices. Moreover, these online bettingservices will also allow you to play demos of games and sports, enabling the audience to understandthe sports better.

Huge Bonuses and Rewards

As we know, under the influence of technology, there are numerous wagering platforms availableonline. This huge number of online sites is accompanied by huge competition. Everyone iscompeting to attract an audience and gain more customers. And to gain more customers, they arewilling to offer huge bonuses. The owners of these sites know that if they do not provide good offersand rewards, it wont take a minute for their customers to go to another online casino operator whogives them better offers. You can now get extra money just by signing up or just after your firstdeposit. Also, many sites offer you extra offers if you sign up through their site. So, all you need todo is just sign up to make some extra amount.

Better odds

Compared to physical venues, you will get better odds online. Having good odds is extremelyrelevant as better odds guarantee huge wins. Online platforms allow you to open different accountson different sites and compare the odds. You can compare odds and increase your chance of makingbig wins.

More sports option

Another reason for the popularity of online sports betting is the myriads of games that you will beable to bet on when you wager online. This enables the audience to enjoy and engage in a variety ofsports that are not possible in physical venues.

More payment options

Another reason for people to choose online sports betting over land-based betting is the variety ofpayment options. Unlike the conventional sportsbook that makes deals in cash, online betting allowsyou to deposit in many ways starting from credit cards to crypto payments, and other flexiblepayment options.

Safety

Compared to land-based betting options, online sports betting is far safer as they are run byestablished companies. Since they are run by reputed institutions, you do not have to worry aboutfunds.

Thus, online sports betting offers numerous advantages that are fuelling its popularity.

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Louisiana Sportsbooks Ratchet Up Win Rate in July as Handle Falls – Covers

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The Louisiana Gaming Control Board heard on Monday that retail and online sportsbooks in the state accepted a combined $118.3 million in wagers last month, down more than 10% compared to June.

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Sports betting in Louisiana was a quieter affair in July same as everywhere else in the United States but online operators wound up winning a whole lot more.

The Louisiana Gaming Control Board heard on Monday that retail and online sportsbooks in the state accepted a combined $118.3 million in wagers last month, down more than 10% compared to June.

Louisiana's 17 retail sportsbooks, sprinkled across the state at casinos and racetracks, took almost $15 million in bets during the month. The seven online sportsbooks in the state handled the lion's share of action, registering $103.3 million in wagers.

Yet revenue from legal sports betting in Louisiana shot up to $20.6 million for July, nearly double the $10.65 million won in June and good for a hold of around 17.4%.

Online sports betting only legally launched in Louisiana in late January, so there is no year-over-year comparison for Julys action. However, its safe to say that July which had no NFL football or NBA playoffs definitely qualified as the offseason for bookmakers.

Historically, as I've done some reading across the country, July is a slower month for sportsbooks, Louisiana Gaming Control Board Chairman Ronnie Johns said during Mondays meeting. So the win ratio being up we generated more money for the state and for local government for early childhood education.

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Opinion: Banning In-State College Betting Is Pointless And Performative – Legal Sports Report

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If you like college sports betting but live in a state without legal sports betting and still want to wager, that probably means you have to do so in an unregulated market.

The unregulated market might be a guy down the street or someone running a book offshore. One thing we know about bettors is that even if sports betting is not legal in a state, it is still happening. People will find a way to bet they always have.

The fact that people will find a way to bet on the sports that they want to bet on makes decisions like that of Massachusetts to exclude wagering on in-state college teams from regulated markets in the name of integrity all the more preposterous.

Despite the fact that restricting college betting on certain teams almost certainly does not eliminate the wagers (it just pushes them into other markets,) states continue to line up to exclude wagering on in-state teams.

The decision to exclude wagering on in-state teams is nothing short of bad policy. In the worst-case scenario, it forces bettors to wager in unregulated markets.

In a slightly less bad scenario, it forces bettors into neighboring states sending money out of state. Neither does anything to improve the integrity of sporting events.

The simple answer is, no one is listening to me.

But the decision to exempt in-state teams dates back to Nevada. Back while PASPA was still in force, it did not allow wagering on in-state teams for a while.

It was not until college sports betting caught the eye of the Maverick John McCain that Nevada realized it was a bad look to claim that wagering on college sports in regulated markets was not an integrity threat while saying that betting on the UNLV Rebels and Nevada Wolf Pack had to continue only in the shadows. In 2001, Nevada changed its tune and allowed wagering on in-state teams just like it had taken bets on colleges from every other state.

While Nevada changed its tune, New Jersey legislators planned to exclude wagering on in-state teams from the get-go. Indeed, it was one of the hypocrisies of the litigation and something that the plaintiffs lawyers, representing the NCAA, possibly should have attacked with greater ferocity.

Presented with a new opportunity to allow betting on Princeton,Rutgers, or March Madness darling St. Peters, once again New Jersey elected not to allow the practice, this time the voters.

While there are certainly justifiable public policy reasons for not allowing wagering on certain events (things where someone might know the outcome, like theNBA Draft Lottery or professional wrestling,) we also probably do not want betting associated with events principally participated in by minors.

So while betting on the Little League World Series is probably not something that we should see in the regulated market even if some unregulated markets allow it, it is a different story when we already allow betting on competitions in the same sport, in the same league, just only on teams from out of state.

If it is not an integrity threat to bet on Rutgers in Philadelphia, then it is no more an integrity threat to be able to bet on Rutgers in Camden or anywhere else in the Garden State. Unfortunately, a lot of the collegiate representatives who have lobbied hard for these exceptions are actually hurting the underlying integrity of the games.

For several decades, the first line of defense against manipulation of sporting events was Nevada sportsbooks. It was Nevada sportsbooks who uncovered the Tulane point-shaving scandal, the Arizona State point-shaving episode, and the Toledo point-shaving scandals involving the mens basketball and football teams. In all these situations, unusual activity was detected and the proper authorities were alerted.

In contrast, if you look at how NBA referee Tim Donaghys improper betting was detected or how the Boston College scandal unfolded, both of those were effectively found fortuitously because of where the bets were being placed.

The regulated market works because sportsbooks in the regulated market have interests that align with the sports leagues in terms of integrity. For all the fancy algorithms that are out there, it is still the sportsbooks themselves that serve as a primary means of defense.

Algorithms cannot replace human intelligence. But human intelligence is only useful if it is allowed to exist.

It is unclear if states will stop this nonsensical practice. Massachusetts has banned betting on in-state teams, and though North Carolina failed to pass a bill expanding sports gambling in the state, efforts included a ban on wagering on in-state teams.

If legislators want to protect collegiate athletes, they should be working to ensure that some of the tax money that comes in is being used to educate college athletes, and provide services to college athletes and others that may suffer from problem gambling tendencies. The solution is not to confine the wagering to an unregulated market.

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Sports betting in North Carolina: When it will be legalized, how to bet online, where to see picks, promos – CBS Sports

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North Carolina will be a perfect home for legal North Carolina sports betting, but residents of the Tar Heel State will have to wait a little bit longer for the industry to become a reality. This spring, state legislatures voted down a bill that would have made North Carolina mobile sports betting legal because it would have banned betting on college sports. Since college sports are a major fixture of the state, the best solution was to work on another bill that is better suited to sports betting in North Carolina. A new bill to legalize North Carolina sports books likely won't be voted on until 2023, but the foundation has already been set for a more suitable bill to be created.

Once North Carolina online sports betting is legalized, sports fans across the state will be able to wager on their favorite sports and teams from the comfort of their own homes. That means the latest North Carolina sports book promo code and North Carolina sports book bonus code could be very popular. If you haven't tried sports betting before and want to be familiar with the terms, check out this helpful guide from our friends at SportsLine to some see of the most popular ways to wager.

There are several ways you can make sports wagers both online and in retail sportsbooks and plenty of bet types you'll want to familiarize yourself with. Here are just a few.

Over-Under: Basketball is king in North Carolina, so you should be very familiar with over-under bets. If a sportsbook sets the over-under for a game between Charlotte and Miami at 200, you wager whether you think the total of both teams' final scores will be over or under that number.

Outright: This is the most user-friendly bet you can place and is used a ton when wagering on car races and pro golf. You simply choose which person you think will win an entire sporting event and then place your bet.

Parlay: Parlay bets involve two or more sides in a single bet, so the odds are longer but the reward can be much bigger. If you bet $100 on a three-team parlay at 6-1 odds, that bet could win $600 if all three teams win.

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Sports betting in North Carolina: When it will be legalized, how to bet online, where to see picks, promos - CBS Sports

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