Former NBA commissioner, David Stern, has supported current commissioner, Adam Silver's campaign to increase legalized sports betting across the United States.
In September 2014, Silver said that the introduction of sports betting was “inevitable” as a result of suffering state budgets and support from American citizens.
He also proposed a partnership with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie due to his efforts to roll out a legalized service in the state.
Stern spoke to CNBC and said, “Once daily fantasy became an acceptable exception to the law against gambling, I think that's gambling, so now I think the best approach would be, as Adam Silver has advocated, is for there to be federal regulation.”
“Bring the sports leagues in. If it's going to happen, because it has happened anyway by justice department rulings and the like, you should make it legal and you should regulate it as tightly as you possibly can.”
Shumar4life
9 years ago
Legalized betting is huge source of the money for the league, and this kind of deals are so important for whole gambling community. Illegal betting is one the worst outcomes in the world of gambling, and that kind of deals must be cleared out. I believe that NBA will success in their attentions
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timidi 9 years ago
I think that is not smart. Special in NBA where we have 82 games in regular season and most of this matches are not important. I think that in this case a lot of games will be fix or something to some people make extra money for tham. I am not sure about this at all but I see that in NBA is all about money and I think...
I think that is not smart. Special in NBA where we have 82 games in regular season and most of this matches are not important. I think that in this case a lot of games will be fix or something to some people make extra money for tham. I am not sure about this at all but I see that in NBA is all about money and I think that sport betting will be legal.
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