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John Clay: Kentuckians will soon be able to legally wager on sports. Why that’s a good thing.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Mark Twain might or might not have famously said he wanted to be in Kentucky when the world ends. Everything happens 20 years later here.

In the case of legalized sports betting, better late than never.

In an upset last week, the Kentucky General Assembly passed HB 551, legalizing sports betting in our fair commonwealth. We will soon be the 37th state in which citizens can wager on a sporting event — other than horse racing — since the 2018 U.S. Supreme Court decision paved the way for states to join Nevada in doing so.

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