This is Something to Think About 02.16.24 “Illegal Online Sports Betting is Widespread Among Florida’s College Students”

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“Illegal Online Sports Betting is Widespread Among Florida’s College Students”

Bill Bunkley’s “This Is Something to Think About”

Air Date Friday, February 16, 2024

The NCAA disclosed that sports betting with online bookies between the age range of 18-21 is up to 58% for wagering on at least one sporting event a year.

Weekly paychecks and college allowances are being blown on sports bets.

Online sports betting websites operate illegally in Florida.

Only the state's three Hard Rock Casino properties can legally offer sports betting, having agreed to pay the state a minimum of $2.5 billion for five years for the privilege of raking in billions more.

But that's not stopping a plethora of illegal online bookies. They claim they have a loophole in the Florida prohibition by claiming their wagering is a game of skill and not a game of gambling.

If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably a duck.

Enough said.

Florida must shut down illegal online sports betting.

Bill Bunkley is an 18-year veteran Salem Media talk show host based in Tampa. The Bill Bunkley Show airs weekdays across central Florida from 3 to 6 pm. Bill is also President of the Florida Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, which serves as the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention (Southern Baptist Convention Churches), among other churches and entities. He has served as the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention for the last 28 years at the state capitol in Tallahassee. By the Grace of his Lord Jesus, he is today a cancer survivor diagnosed in 2018 with AML Leukemia, having successfully undergone a bone marrow transplant that same year. His wife is Toni, son is Zac, and they attend Idlewild Baptist Church. 

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