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A 1992 US federal law banned sports betting everywhere but Nevada. Why was Nevada able to evade the ban? Did other states complain about this exception, or were they largely happy to export the gambling industry to Las Vegas?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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