By PHIL KABLER
Charleston Gazette-Mail
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Senate Finance Committee members debated at length Monday legislation to legalize sports betting at the state’s casinos, and for the first time, heard from professional sports leagues that want a cut of the action (Senate Bill 415).
Scott Ward, a Washington attorney representing Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association, said the leagues would like to have a 1 percent “integrity fee” on each wager to help monitor betting on sporting events.
— Monitor and share data on abnormal betting on games with the leagues. An example of abnormal betting, Ward said, could be a individual who bets on NBA games only when a particular referee is officiating the games.
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