During a sports betting hearing last month with the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies, Les Bernal, national director of Stop Predatory Gambling, told lawmakers that more gambling equals more racism.<\/p>\n
If you approve these [sports betting] bills as a committee and legislature, what you’re doing is furthering institutional racism of state-sanctioned gambling in Massachusetts,”<\/strong> Bernal declared.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nBernal’s opinion is based on the claim that gambling targets the poor and minorities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n“At its core, commercial gambling, the lottery, and local casinos are a big con. It’s a form of consumer financial fraud,”<\/strong> the gaming critic continued. “It’s price gouging. It’s false advertising.”\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A lawmaker in Massachusetts says if the state wants to legalize sports betting, it should do so in a way that allows minorities to participate. State Rep. Orlando Ramos (D-Hamden) says legislation he introduced earlier this year would guarantee racial equity in Massachusetts’ potential sports betting market. The freshman state lawmaker, who only took office […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":178752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Massachusetts Lawmaker Seeks Racial Equality in Sports Betting<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n