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Column: Will sports betting be California’s next legal vice?

Dan Walters

Over the last several decades, Californians have increasingly embraced activities that had long been scorned — and often outlawed — as harmful vices.

The trend began in 1984 when voters approved a state-operated lottery, emulating several other states, in a ballot measure largely sponsored by a company that made lottery scratch-off tickets. It used the slogan “the schools win too,” because most of the net proceeds were to be spent public education.

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