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Ill-gotten gain-There may be high stakes for states that legalize backroom betting as it becomes more widespread

In the shadow of the press box at Southeastern Louisiana University’s Strawberry Stadium, Alumni Field’s pitcher’s mound. Both arenas are cold and closed-off, like most of the school. Workers on all fours hand-floating concrete in a new section of sidewalk along North General Pershing Street are the only indication that spring semester is rapidly approaching. […]