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Cut Line: Wanna bet on it?

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The major championship season is officially underway and we start this week’s edition with some major changes to the PGA Tour schedule, the circuit’s attitude toward gambling and a curious new marketing campaign.

Made Cut

Bet on it. Although it was news this week that the Tour will embrace gambling on its competitions if the Supreme Court overturns a federal ban on betting, there really weren’t any other options.

Most experts agree that the Supreme Court will overturn the ban regardless of what the Tour or any other sports league thinks of it, but the circuit does deserve credit for making sure they at least have a seat at the table when states begin to draw up rules and regulations to govern gambling.