Should The Carolinas Legalize Sports Betting?

The United States Supreme Court now says states can legalize sports gambling.
The court ruled 6-to-3 to strike down a 1992 law that banned betting on games in most states; only Nevada, Montana, Delaware, and Oregon were exempt.
Nevada is currently the only state where you can wager on the results of a single game.
Former NC state senator Malcolm Graham was in office when North Carolina added the lottery in 2005.
Graham says South Carolina has a head start after lawmakers proposed amending its state constitution to allow betting on pro sports in 2017.
He says North Carolina will follow close behind.
“I’m pretty sure legislators will be talking about it on the hallways. Look in January for North Carolina to really begin to see some bills on the table, or at least some legislators advocating to move it forward,” said Graham. “I think they’re going to see the revenue that sports gambling can produce. It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense that you can bet on a game in Las Vegas, but you can’t bet on the game in Charlotte.”