RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly finalized legislation Wednesday to authorize statewide and regulate sports and horse-race wagering, a decision poised to open the nation’s ninth-largest state to more legal gambling options. The House voted 69-44 for ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legalized sports gambling in North Carolina cleared one of its last legislative hurdles Tuesday as the House accepted changes made by the Senate that include adding horse racing to the betting mix and raising the state’s ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legalized sports gambling starting next year in North Carolina now seems a better bet as the state House’s top leader said Thursday he expected his chamber would accept alterations to its own proposal made by the ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legalized sports gambling in North Carolina cleared what could be one of its last remaining legislative hurdles on Wednesday as a measure to authorize and regulate betting and tax revenues received a strong affirmative vote in ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legislation to authorize and regulate sports gambling in North Carolina that passed the House earlier this spring has been altered by the Senate by making it easier for any adult to bet in person and adding ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Sports gambling in North Carolina soared over a major hurdle on Tuesday as the House voted for legislation to permit, regulate and tax wagering activities less than a year after the chamber scuttled a similar effort. ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legislation authorizing and regulating sports gambling in North Carolina advanced through two more House committees on Wednesday, laying the groundwork for key chamber-wide votes next week. The finance and judiciary committees approved the measure one day ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A second-chance effort this year to authorize sports wagering across North Carolina took off on Tuesday with its relatively easy passage through a state House committee already favorably disposed to the idea. The House Commerce Committee ...

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March Madness is here. The time where college basketball fanatics, casual fans, and the wholly disinterested gather in office break rooms to drop off their tournament prognostications and a couple of dollars for the pot. But before you fill out ...

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Mason v. Machine Zone Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-061-17, 10 pp.) (Keenan, J.) No. 15-2469, March 17, 2017; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Bredar, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A plaintiff who, while playing Game of War on her mobile device, used ...

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