Now, around a year or so ago a similar change legalized marijuana. I was asked at the time if I would try it. I said I no. I guess the way I thought about smoking weed was independent of the legality – I just never saw the appeal. However, this is most definitively NOT my stance as it regards borrowing against my 401K to bet on free throws. When it comes to sports gambling, the legality definitely plays a major role.
A good preview of my degenerate future came on May 18. I got together with some friends to watch Game 3 of the Celtics-Cavaliers series. We prepared for the game by looking up possible wagers (for my friends) to bet on and finally settled on Marcus Smart at over 8 rebounds for around +1500. There was some good logic – Smart rebounds well for a guard, had 9 rebounds in the season opener at Cleveland, and played well in Game 3 from the Sixers series.
By the way, good bit of delegation there by the Supreme Court, I’d say, by having the states handle the admin of sports gambling. I sometimes wonder why any government does things to give itself more work to do but I suppose the opposite could be true – maybe in some cases they just make decisions so they don’t have to do any more work. It's not something I'd bet on, one way or the other, but that’s neither here nor there.
