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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;An ESPN poll of 73 NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB players revealed that the majority, 63 percent of those who responded, believed sports betting should be legal.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The poll also revealed other information about gambling among professional athletes. More than half, some 58 percent, said they gambled on other things, while a significantly smaller share, 34 percent of respondents, said they gambled on other sports.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Although just 37 percent said they suspected a current or former teammate of having a gambling problem, 41 percent of those who answered believed that legal sports betting would be a challenge to their sports' integrity.\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Adam Silver on sports betting: I view myself as 'pro transparency'&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Less than half, only 42 percent, said they were aware of point spreads, and just one-tenth said they had heard of a player in their sport being approached for information about injuries. Only three percent of those who responded said they ever had suspicions that their games were fixed; another three percent said they sometimes suspected that their games were rigged.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Asked about one-day gambling totals, the average response was $1,673 wagered, while the highest answer given was $30,000.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Many of the athletes revealed that they often wagered on non-sports challenges. More than one NHL player reported betting on rock-paper-scissors matches. Multiple NBA players said they bet on whether they would be able to get a girl.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Other bets included the gallon of milk challenge, a snake race at a grandmother's house, and eating skin shaving and toenail clippings.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Pete Rose: PEDs are worse for baseball than gambling&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sports betting remains illegal in most of the country, although NBA commissioner Adam Silver recently revealed himself to be the only major league commissioner to support it, albeit as a highly regulated practice.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Recent efforts have also attempted to allow it in New Jersey, though a bill there to legalize was met with a federal injunction preventing implementation.\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;em&gt;- Christopher Woody&lt;/em&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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