TOPEKA — A New York Times investigation into the gambling industry’s bare-knuckled lobbying efforts provides insight into concessions Kansas lawmakers provided when they legalized sports betting earlier this year. A New York Times reporter and photographer found Barker with Redbreast Irish whiskey and a Don Tomas cigar from Honduras. Hitting the jackpotThe gambling industry’s fingerprints were on nearly every page of the 50-page sports gambling bill, the New York Times reported. Donors used networks of shell companies to skirt campaign finance laws that limit the amount of money a single candidate can receive, the New York Times reported. “I have a little scam going on here,” Pittman joked to a New York Times reporter.

Source: New York Times November 25, 2022 21:00 UTC