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   Nice article in the Washington Post on the NFL licensing its logos for lottery tickets!!

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   NFL loses right to moral ground on betting issue
   By TIM DAHLBERG
   The Associated Press
   Saturday, May 23, 2009 5:32 PM

   -- Coming soon to a state lottery near you: NFL team logos you can save after blowing 20 bucks on yet another worthless batch of scratch-off tickets.

   Coming soon to the Delaware state lottery: A legitimate chance to win some money with what you know about your favorite NFL team.

   One game steals your money in the name of pro football. The other at least gives you a fighting chance to test your skills.

   Guess which one the NFL likes.

   Yes, the league that is so terrified of gambling that it refused to allow a Las Vegas commercial during the Super Bowl a few years back is now in the gambling business itself. Aware that it can sell only so many $300 tickets to its games, the NFL has figured out a way to get a cut of some of the biggest gambling operations around.

   Owners this week gave their approval for teams to put their logos on lottery tickets, in exchange for a piece of the action. The Patriots and Redskins immediately announced plans to do just that, and you can bet there will be plenty of team promotions urging folks to spend what little money they might have left on the new tickets.

   No word yet on whether there will be kiosks next to the beer stands at the stadiums, but that won't likely be far behind. The one thing the NFL does know how to do is promote its product.

   At the same time the league is entering the lottery business, though, it is threatening legal action if Delaware goes ahead with plans for a new lottery of its own. The NFL has serious problems with Delaware's new lottery, and not just because its greedy owners won't make money off of it.

   Delaware's crime? It wants to allow sports betting in its lottery.......

   Posted 1 year ago #

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