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Sports franchises favor proposal to legalize sports betting

by Associated Press
| March 3, 2020 3:05 PM

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta’s major sports franchises are applying their muscle to a state Senate bill that would legalize sports betting underneath the umbrella of the state lottery, even as opponents say legalized sports betting would be addictive and corrosive.

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