NC declines to legalize sports betting

[philit99]

10 hours ago, 4Corners said:

Lobbyists must not be writing a big enough check to Phil Berger and his friends 

Amen, Berger is as crooked as scoliosis. Sometimes I think the GOP uses this state as a Guinea pig, ex HB2. Then other GOP states swoop in and get the businesses that leave, ex (Film Industry) thanks Georgia. Then all the people in this state look like dumbasses. 

Edited June 23, 2022 by philit99

[Khyber53]

Unflushable Phil, the turd NC can't seem to get rid of.

 

[joemac]

10 hours ago, Brooklyn 3.0 said:

Meh. We have it here now but I don't do it. The chances of you making bank off it are very very low. It's just a waste of your money.

Gambling is a tax on the poor and stupid. 

[Waldo]

27 minutes ago, joemac said:

Gambling is a tax on the poor and stupid. 

It can be a trap or a burden but not a tax.

[Mr. Scot]

4 hours ago, Waldo said:

I'll play $20 in slots to kill time and feel underwhelmed but I understand the addiction signs. It's like alcohol and alcoholism, banning it doesn't work because it will still be around so might as well make it regulated and then spend the effort to help those thst can't help themselves...if they want it. Your friend had to get caught eventually or he kept it below noticeable in his finances.

He wasn't exactly the most honest guy.

Used to make frequent trips to strip clubs and claim it was because a friend of his really wanted to go.

[gofightwin]

13 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Multiple reports have said this is something that David Tepper was counting on, so it's a bit of a defeat for him.

He wants in-person betting.  Sports book on the property.  

He isn't getting money from online betting unless he started his own online business, which there is already a ton of.  Of course they need to start somewhere and online was probably the first step.  

[Waldo]

36 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

He wasn't exactly the most honest guy.

Used to make frequent trips to strip clubs and claim it was because a friend of his really wanted to go.

Sounds like a fun relationship. To each their own.

Side note, we're you his 'friend' that he used? No judgment if you weren't the one lying.

[Mr. Scot]

1 hour ago, Waldo said:

Sounds like a fun relationship. To each their own.

Side note, we're you his 'friend' that he used? No judgment if you weren't the one lying.

On occasion

One time, he got this stripper's phone number and asked me if I'd let her call me and then send him a text so his wife didn't see the incoming calls. Wasn't really sure how that was gonna help him, but I said "hell no" anyway.

[Anybodyhome]

15 hours ago, Pimpdaddy said:

Wow...Andy and Barney Fife say no betting in Carolina... I moved to Carolina 35 years ago and couldn't buy booze in my county... it will eventually happen...maybe in Siler City...

I moved to Pleasant Garden in 1992, just north of the Randolph County line and within ear-shot of Richard Petty's shop in Randleman. Randolph County was dry then, and Petty's wife was a county commish at the time.

Coming from Southern California, I was like, "WTF is a dry county? In the 20th century? Really?"

And what the hell else? There's a state lottery and privately owned sweepstakes parlors all over the place. But no sports betting? I mean, it's not for me, but who cares?

Edited June 23, 2022 by Anybodyhome

[Jon Snow]

2 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

He wasn't exactly the most honest guy.

Used to make frequent trips to strip clubs and claim it was because a friend of his really wanted to go.

I used that excuse a time or two in my 20's. 

[Waldo]

24 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

On occasion

One time, he got this stripper's phone number and asked me if I'd let her call me and then send him a text so his wife didn't see the incoming calls. Wasn't really sure how that was gonna help him, but I said "hell no" anyway.

Yeah sounds like you would be asked into court with that kind of friend lol. Smart man

[Jon Snow]

26 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

On occasion

One time, he got this stripper's phone number and asked me if I'd let her call me and then send him a text so his wife didn't see the incoming calls. Wasn't really sure how that was gonna help him, but I said "hell no" anyway.

Had a married friend ask me to pick up his stripper girlfriend for him back in the day. It was fun until she tried to kick my girlfriend's ass.

[Waldo]

Just now, Pakmeng said:

Think you have gambling confused with lottery

You are right but it has been butchered so much over the years to try and up date the essay it came from because that kind of thinking got a lot of those people put to the guillotine or a constitution added to their monarchy. 

[Waldo]

1 minute ago, Jon Snow said:

Had a married friend ask me to pick up his stripper girlfriend for him back in the day. It was fun until she tried to kick my girlfriend's ass.