AG opinion could bring sports betting to Memphis
Erica Shirley (left) and Graham Lowing became employees at Horseshoe Casino to work in its sports betting lounge after Mississippi joined Nevada, Delaware, New Jersey and West Virginia in making sports betting legal in the state. On Dec. 14, Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery issued an opinion stating the Tennessee General Assembly may legalize sports betting without a constitutional amendment as long as the sport is based on skill and not predominantly on “chance.” (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian file)
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Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.
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