In Minnesota, the taxpayers are paying for corporate welfare to the tune of billions of dollars via multiple Pro sports stadiums, the main one being the Vikings

In Minnesota, the taxpayers are paying for corporate welfare to the tune of billions of dollars via multiple Pro sports stadiums, the main one being the Vikings stadium. Back when Jesse Ventura was governor, he had a plan to run statewide legal sports betting to pay for those stadiums (since the multi-billion dollar NFL corp wasn't going to). Of course it was squashed immediately without any research or investigation into how it would be implemented, but it is one example of a positive outcome from sports betting. People are going to bet regardless of the system, but I'd rather people that actually care about sports pay into a massive stadium than that average person wondering why the taxes have gone up. Side note: If you get a drink downtown Mpls, you're not only paying tax for the Vikings stadium, you're also paying a penny or so tax for the Metrodome which was torn down nearly 10 years ago.