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The BetR Network To Debut August 5 On KBAD Las Vegas & WBSS Atlantic City

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https://radioinsight.com/headlines/...ugust-5-on-kbad-las-vegas-wbss-atlantic-city/

Vegas Stats & Information Network and Gow Media’s new 24/7 sports betting network will debut on August 5 in the two most obvious markets for targeting gamblers.

The BetR Network will launch on Lotus Broadcasting’s 920 KBAD Las Vegas and Longport Media’s 1490 WBSS Pleasantville/Atlantic City NJ. KBAD is currently Sports as “920 The Game” while WBSS simulcasts Classic Hits “Kool 98.3” WTKU.

The network will feature content from Vegas Stats & Information Network and Gow Media’s SBNation Radio. A new exclusive show hosted by former NFL executive and TheAthletic.com writer Michael Lombardi will air on weekends with other shows specifically for BetR Radio to follow.
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Two affiliates will get the BetR Network on August 5th.
 
kidrauhl said:
seattlesarchiebunker said:
I mean the whole channel is basically about sports gambling so i dont get the point of them syndicating it nationwide as most states thats not even legal.
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It's called being proactive. More states legalize sports gambling every year and the pace is picking up. Stations will pick up the programming as their states make sports gambling legal. While it may never happen in ultraconservative states like Utah, South Carolina and even Texas -- where casino gambling is still illegal -- the November elections ought to see it legalized in several other states.

Oh, and just because it's illegal in some states doesn't make touting illegal. People can always listen and then bet illegally using the tips they pick up. The program content itself is 100 percent legal.

(It should have been legal for at least a year here in Connecticut, but the deal made with the "sovereign nation" vestiges of the Pequot and Mohegan tribes in the early '90s put the state at risk of losing a huge chunk of slots revenue from the tribal casinos if the state introduces any new form of gambling that the Native Americans aren't allowed to offer under the existing agreement. Typical of this state, sadly typical.)
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kidrauhl said:
seattlesarchiebunker said:
I mean the whole channel is basically about sports gambling so i dont get the point of them syndicating it nationwide as most states thats not even legal.
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I can see where you're coming from. Beyond the fact that, like pot, sports gambling will be the next taboo getting legalized (in most states...like CTLlistener said, Utah and some southern states will be decades away from this), there are tons of people who enjoy going to casinos where sports books are. Heck, in today's world, there aren't a lot of places in the contiguous 48 where a plane ticket to Vegas or somewhere near Atlantic City costs more than $250-300. So yeah, even though it may be banned in certain places, I'd bet (see what I did there?) that beyond the "resort" destinations that legalize sports books, you may see it expand to places where lots of folks routinely run to Nevada or AC for a quick trip...such as Philly, Phoenix, and perhaps some metros in California. Don't be surprised if it ends up in Reno soon...
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seattlesarchiebunker said:
kidrauhl said:
I can see where you're coming from. Beyond the fact that, like pot, sports gambling will be the next taboo getting legalized (in most states...like CTLlistener said, Utah and some southern states will be decades away from this), there are tons of people who enjoy going to casinos where sports books are. Heck, in today's world, there aren't a lot of places in the contiguous 48 where a plane ticket to Vegas or somewhere near Atlantic City costs more than $250-300. So yeah, even though it may be banned in certain places, I'd bet (see what I did there?) that beyond the "resort" destinations that legalize sports books, you may see it expand to places where lots of folks routinely run to Nevada or AC for a quick trip...such as Philly, Phoenix, and perhaps some metros in California. Don't be surprised if it ends up in Reno soon...
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I thought the whole state of Nevada it was legal including Reno.
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