Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal law banning sports gambling. That means that the decision to allow sports betting is in the hands of each state. With this topic in mind, Reach NC Voices asked North Carolinians for their input in our May 17 Reach Roundup newsletter. We posed our Question of the Week: “Do you think North Carolina should legalize sports betting?” Response options included: yes, for all sports; yes, only for professional sports; no; or unsure.
Here is the breakdown of how participants answered our question as well as some of the comments we received.
“Lottery, sportsbetting, what is the difference? “
-Peter from Lenoir, NC
“It would cause more corruption in sports than there is now. Why can’t we just enjoy the sport and not have to make money off of it?”
-Linda from Beaufort County, NC
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