OTR: Is it time to legalize sports gambling in Massachusetts? – WCVB Boston

OTR: Is it time to legalize sports gambling in Massachusetts?

Updated: 1:47 PM EDT Jul 25, 2021

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ED SPORTS BETTING IS GETTING SOME TRACTION. ON BEACON HILL ONCE AGAIN. THE HOUSE GIVING THE THUMBS UP. ITS GOT A LONG ROAD. ADRIAN, IS THIS FINALLY GOING TO HAPPEN? OR IS MASSACHUSETTS SO LATE TO THE DANCE THAT IT REALLY WONT AMOUNT TO MUCH? ADRIAN YES TO BOTH. I HATE SPORTS BETTING. BUT I DO THINK IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE YEARS AGO. ROB: I THINK IT IS LIKE THE LEGALITIZAON OF MARIJUANA. IT IS KEEPING THE COUNTRY. THERE IS A LOTF OMONEY AT INTEREST BEHDIN IT. IT IS BECOMING THE NORM. ED: EVERY BORDERING STATE HAS IT EXCEPT FOR VERMONT. JANET: BUT THE MONEY IS NOT THAT MUCH. ROB: THE MONEY BUMP WAS TO BE IN EARLY. ADRIAN: ITS LIKE CASINOS. ED: POINT. NEJA IM FOR BEST WEEK OR WORSE WEEK. BEST WERE WORST? B: MY WORST WEEK IS THE OLYMPICS. THEY ARE OFF TO A FALSE START WITH 100 PLUS COVID CASES, NO SPECTATORS, AND WOKEN US RUN AMOK. IT IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING IF THEY GET A LOT OF VIEWERS AS THE TV COVERAGE STARTS IN EARNEST. ED: FOR THE GAMES HAVE BEEN CANCELED? -- SHOULD THE GAMES HAVE BEEN CANCELED? B: NO, BECAUSE JAPAN SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HANDLE THIS. JANET: WORST OR BEST. ADRI:AN TOM MOUNTAIN, THE FORMER VICE CHAIR OF THE MASSACHUSETTS GOP WHO HAD TO STEP DOWN, EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE LIKE GEOFF DIEHL THINK EVERYTHING WITH THE PARTY IS JUST FINE. ED: ON AT NOTE, WE WILL SAY GOODBYE AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. . ADRIAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ROB, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

OTR: Is it time to legalize sports gambling in Massachusetts?

Updated: 1:47 PM EDT Jul 25, 2021

Our political analysts thinks that it is ultimately going to happen, but that it might not amount to much of a money bump this late in the game.

Our political analysts thinks that it is ultimately going to happen, but that it might not amount to much of a money bump this late in the game.

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OTR: Is it time to legalize sports gambling in Massachusetts? - WCVB Boston