I’d said this to a great friend hours before Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic snapped off the fastest triple-double in NBA history. I was pretty happy that he took the bet, knowing that the Joker already had multiple triple doubles against the Milwaukee Bucks team he was playing that night. If that same buddy is reading this, I’d be more than happy to give you that five bucks back. I had a little more data than you that go-round. I also hadn’t planned on reporting it on my taxes this year.
But maybe I should reconsider, given shifts in the law, with sports wagering seeing a new day in the limelight this last week after the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), a federal law, was unconstitutional, opening the door for individual states to legalize sports betting.