Let voters decide if they want sports betting | Daily Editorial

Anyone who thinks lobbyists have little influence over what the men and women elected to the state legislature think is important need only look at some of the most noisy debates in the world. Atlanta today. It may surprise some, disgust or irritate others.

People are dying from a virus that has traveled here to the other side of the world, local economies are in tatters and charities are urging everyone to donate more because more people go to bed hungry, but what is the top priority of the Georgia General Assembly today? Allow players to legally place sports bets.

The Senate Committee on Regulated Industries and Utilities has put the issue back in its place forever: the people, the voters, of this great state. If supported by the full …

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