Lawmaker pushes to legalize sports betting in Minnesota
Kahn's bill would make wagering on sporting events legal across the state.
"There already is plenty of betting on sports happening on the internet and we don't get to take advantage of the benefits of this. It is hypocritical of us to allow certain forms of gaming, but not others," Kahn told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS.
State records show Minnesotans spend more than $1 billion a year on charitable gaming and those numbers do not include Canterbury Park, Running Aces Harness Track, or tribal casinos.
Kahn says that, if the bill passes, she hopes Minnesota would then legally challenge the federal law that bans sports betting in all but a few states that were grandfathered in when the federal law passed 22 years ago.
Opponents of gambling expansion argue it does not aid job growth or fuel economic gains.
"This is nothing more than a tax on the poor and it just makes more money that allows for the expansion of government and not the private sector." Annette Meeks, of the Minnesota Freedom Foundation, said.
Meeks says the state does not need to "waste taxpayers' money on a legal challenge to the federal law" either.
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