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I know the NBA is very interested in making gambling happen and they have some deep pockets to get it there and this is one of Adam Silver's main goals right no

I know the NBA is very interested in making gambling happen and they have some deep pockets to get it there and this is one of Adam Silver's main goals right now. From my listening to NBA podcasts about it, and of interest to HN users is that the NBA wants the technology to the point where people in the stands can bet on their smartphones about things as granular as "will X player make a three pointer on the next possession, etc."

ksherlock 8y ago
The law is weird all around... the NBA originally supported it. It was sponsored by NJ Senator/former NBA player Bill Bradley. It gave NJ a 1-year window to legalize sports gambling and be grandfathered in... which they declined to do at the time. The NBA now supports it. Trump supported repealing it while campaigning but the solicitor general opposed it at the supreme court...