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Legalizing Sports Gambling Was a Huge Mistake

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82% Informative

Frida Ghitis: Sports betting is now legal in 38 states and the District of Columbia .

She says the rise of sports gambling has caused a wave of financial and familial misery.

Ghitis says gambling is addictive, but it can lead to addiction, depression, suicide, depression and suicide.

David Rothkopf : Legalization isn't yielding many benefits, with tax revenue anemic.

He says it hasn't even shrunk the illegal market, at least in Massachusetts , where bettors were just as likely to use unauthorized betting sites after legalization.

He writes that ban sports gambling once again is the blunter solution: ban it once again.

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87

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86

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57

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semi-formal

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English

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52

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possibly offensive

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not hateful

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medium-lived

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