John Stossel on Gambling Regulations

Did
you fill out a March Madness bracket this year? In many states, if
you put money in a pool, it’s illegal. Politicians can’t quite make
up their minds about gambling: They approve certain casinos and
promote state lotteries but crack down on sports bets and charity
poker games. It seems that government dislikes gambling unless
government gets to be the house, John Stossel writes. 

After locking up bookies for “dangerous and criminal”
activities, most states now offer much worse odds in state
lotteries. Then they take money from taxpayers to advertise their
scams while simultaneously warning us of gambling’s dangers. As
with so many other activities, writes Stossel, the government says
it knows best about gambling and then makes matters much
worse. 

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