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Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Law Prohibiting Sports Gambling (espn.com)
The Supreme Court has struck down a 1992 federal law that effectively prevented most states from legalizing sports betting, clearing up a legal gray area and opening a door for state governments to join in what has become a lucrative industry. From a report: The court ruled 6-3 to strike down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PAPSA), a 1992 law that barred state-authorized sports gambling with some exceptions. It made Nevada the only state where a person could wager on the results of a single game.
States that want to offer legal sports betting may now do so, and New Jersey plans to be first. Delaware, Mississippi, New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia are among the states expected to quickly get into the legal bookmaking game.
States that want to offer legal sports betting may now do so, and New Jersey plans to be first. Delaware, Mississippi, New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia are among the states expected to quickly get into the legal bookmaking game.
Good. Another law regulating harmless activities between consenting adults bites the dust...
Gambling doesn't occur in a vacuum.
Studies: Casinos bring jobs, but also crime, bankruptcy, and even suicide
Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
If you make a condition of the bet to not allow NOAA to modify the data, I'll take the bet any time.
If you allow NOAA to make adjustments, its not gambling, its just handing over money because you know the outcome.
All current increases in temperature match NOAA adjustments 100%. Warmest year without adjustments is 1936.
So here's the thing, and please keep in mind I'm a human-induced climate-change skeptic: NOAA absolutely need to adjust the data, otherwise it will always show a warming trend.
The Urban Heat Island effect is well known. As urban areas expand and the amount of concrete (and other structured) increase, nearby weather stations become contaminated with these changes. To counter this, the readings are modified by a series of "known good" stations that are (relatively) nearby. The effectiveness of that particular process is disputed by AGW skeptics; but the need for it is well-established.
I don't know where you get 1936 from; the unadjusted global mean clearly shows 1998 was the warmest year ever.