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Sports betting in CT: What are the odds? Guide INSIDE!
By Linda Tishler Levinson
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Connecticut may soon join a growing number of states that allow sports betting. The state Legislature is considering changing state law to permit sports betting, and the proposal is gaining momentum here, “It brings something that everyone acknowledges is already happening into a safe, licensed and regulated environment,” said Ted Taylor, president of Sportech Venues Inc., which owns Bobby V’s Restaurant and Sports Bar in Windsor Locks. “That means jobs are protected here, customers using legal options can get the protection they deserve from the Department of Consumer Protection, and it creates tax revenues. It’s one of those situations where, because it’s happening illegally now but is (kind of) accepted, it’s hard to argue against the logic of legalization.” Taylor said if sports betting is
“It brings something that everyone acknowledges is already happening into a safe, licensed and regulated environment.”
Ted Taylor, Sportech Venues
approved in the state, his company would want to be involved. “If approved, then we’d obviously want to offer sports betting in each of our 16 existing locations, with an associated online and mobile platform, and any new places we opened in the future,” he said.
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