NCAA tournament betting illegal in Washington
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- The state says those office betting pools on the NCAA basketball tournament are illegal.
Gambling Commission spokeswoman Amy Hunter says the only legal pools are the grids used in football. She told The Olympian that when the Gambling Commission gets complaints about NCAA pools it issues warnings.
The paper says betting in an office betting pool can be a misdemeanor or felony depending on the size of the pool.
State workers sign an ethics agreement the specifically bans taking part in betting pools.
5 comments:
Good, then I guess the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers win the tourney by default. Is that logical too?
Also, does Olympia care if the office (along withe the rest of the nation)bets at: http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/brackets?refcode=BG09_glb_nav
Let's save all the heartbreak and melodrama and stage the Golden Gophers versus the Huskies (and NOT the UConn pedigree) and just get on with it! Gawd, this legislature silliness makes me want to go back to work just so I can start an office pool (again).
Since Creighton, Kentucky and Notre Dame only made the NIT, Golden Gophers were at least better than those three teams.
Dawgs lose to Purdue. I'm out. Spring football starts next week. Woof.
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