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Originally Posted by thaskalos
Assuming that I am placing sports bets with a street bookie now...what possible reason could I have to switch my action to a legal bookie once the new laws are implemented? Surely you don't believe all these lies going around about the street bookies stiffing their customers.
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I never had any trouble with my bookie. I was just passing along what I saw in NY after they started doing the 3-digit and 4-digit daily numbers to point out that people would take a lower return for the safety of a legal lottery. I can't explain why they would do it, but that's what they did.
That's what first soured me on government controlled gambling. It was a crime when private individuals did it, but a legitimate revenue source when the state does it.