Kansas Politicos Suckered On Sports Betting

Newsman JimmyC helps his readers unpack a weekend story showing that Kansas politicos LOST BIG on sports betting.

Here's the best lie and then the source material . . .

"Three months into sports betting, the results have tended to indicate that the legislators who approved it were bigger suckers than the bettors. In September and October, Kansans placed $350 million of bets and, of that amount, the state collected less than $271,000 in taxes."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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