4 Reasons Southern State Opposition to Sports Betting Legislation

Tennessee SB 16 and HB 1 (2019 | TN)   built on a message that TN was losing $3 Billion in revenue to neighboring gaming states.

The opposition arguments:

• morality
• young sports stars will be prey to offers to fix a game
• “Some things we just don’t do,”
• its like the legislature peddling cocaine, other legislators said it was like crack cocaine

Tennessean | Sports betting bill faces opposition from both Republicans and Democrats