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None of that's surprising, given the mixed message that Congress sends to student athletes; gambling on college sports is a federal crime in 49 states, but it's legal in Nevada. "People in general, college students in particular, have the belief that betting on college athletics is O.K. because it's legal in Nevada," said Lou Holtz, the former Notre Dame football coach now at the University of South Carolina, when he testified before the House Judiciary Committee in June. "We will do a great disservice to the youth of this country if we do not take action...
...little more than two decades now, the sports books, as they are called in Nevada, have been an integral part of casinos large and small. Walk into any casino and you will see an area carved out for sports gamblers. There the legal gambler may spread his sports pages and tip sheets across one of the rows of desks usually found in college libraries, each individually lighted, or sit back in one of the dozens of plush chairs and, while being served drinks by a cocktail waitress, study the giant electronic board that covers the wall in front, offering information...
...popular movement to make the ban universal gathered force last year when the National Gambling Impact Study Commission, which had been appointed by President Bill Clinton and congressional leaders, called for closing the Nevada loophole. Armed with the report, the NCAA went on the offensive, and sympathetic lawmakers in the House and Senate introduced bills to make it official. Coaches and university heads testified, including Graham Spanier, president of Penn State: "There has been a blurring of the line between legal and illegal sports gambling in this country. Sports gambling has become such a part of the glamour...
...makes no sense to eliminate legalized sports gambling in Nevada because the amount wagered is dwarfed by illegal gaming in the other 49 states. Indeed, goes the argument, without a legal way to bet on college games, gamblers would wager illegally and contribute further to the growth in illegal gambling. To promote this view, the industry bought ads in newspapers warning of the consequences if Congress eliminates legal sports betting in Nevada. Under a headline declaring s. 2340: A "FIX" ONLY A BOOKIE COULD LOVE in the Washington Post on June 22, Harrah's Entertainment Inc. admonished, "If Congress bans...
...bets. Says Wayne A. Johnson, chief investigator of the Chicago Crime Commission, the citizens watchdog committee that has been fighting organized crime since the days of Al Capone: "Legalized gambling only perpetuates illegal gambling. It does not displace it, as many people believe. That's a false assumption." Even Nevada's regulatory officials have acknowledged this connection. The chairman of the Nevada State Gaming Control Board, Steve DuCharme, said in a 1999 interview, "A lot of money made through illegal gambling is laid off in Las Vegas. If a bookie has a lot of money on one side...