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Arizona Not Among States To Legalize Sports Betting — Will It Later?

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A ticket for a sports bet placed in Las Vegas in May 2018.

In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court allowed states to legalize sports betting, a handful have chosen to do so, including most recently, New York.

Arizona, however, is not one of them. A bill that would have set up a system of legal sports gambling fizzled in the state legislature.

But that hasn’t stopped other states from moving ahead, though not that many in the West.

The Show spoke with Adam Candee about what’s happened so far and where the smart money is for the future. He’s managing editor of the trade publication Legal Sports Report.

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Mark Brodie is a co-host of The Show, KJZZ’s locally produced news magazine. Since starting at KJZZ in 2002, Brodie has been a host, reporter and producer, including several years covering the Arizona Legislature, based at the Capitol.