One thing that I think works in favor of the casinos is that they have more reasons than any other institution to want the betting on a local team to be straight and up-and-up. Because can you imagine the jail time, firings, finings, etc if a team based in Vegas was found to be the subject of a betting scandal?
Remember that most of the recent betting scandals (ASU pointshaving) have been caught by the casinos, not the sports organization and not the law.
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I'm sorry I left for a while. I needed a vaction, and then work changed substantially. I'm over 50 hour weeks, plus two hours a day of commuting time.
A few weeks ago I launched my own blog about Seattle Sounders FC and Life in Puget Sound. I won't be by these parts often as my focus has changed. Sorry about the unannounced retirement.
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