Bet on it! Joe Lentol wants legalized sports wagering
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that states could allow sports gambling, striking down a federal law that barred betting on football, basketball, baseball and other sports in most states. When big news happens, the Brooklyn Eagle reaches out to veteran assemblymember Joe Lentol, chairman of the very important Codes Committee, to read the pulse of our state. He chatted with Eagle Editor Gersh Kuntzman hours after the historic vote.
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View MoreNew York City’s most populous borough, Brooklyn, is home to nearly 2.6 million residents. If Brooklyn were an independent city it would be the fourth largest city in the United States. While Brooklyn has become the epitome of ‘cool and hip’ in recent years, for those that were born here, raised families here and improved communities over the years, Brooklyn has never been ‘uncool’.