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NBA OK with legalized sports gambling ... as long as it gets a cut

It's probably a matter of when, not if, folks will be able to be on sports legally throughout the United States, not just during pilgrimages to the desert or a few other states.

What remains to be seen is if Wednesday's proposal from the NBA isn't a matter of one step forward and two steps back, though.

In addition to other regulations, the league wants 1 percent of all wagers. An "integrity tax" is what it's called in the proposal. Bookmakers will see it as directly eating into their profits, and something that's worth millions to the NBA.