The puzzler asks, “How do you get an 800-pound elephant under a tent?” The answer is one step at a time. First you get the trunk. Then the head, and so on and so on. For our present discussion, the elephant symbolizes gambling, and the tent represents the State of North Carolina. Gambling is being introduced into our state one step at a time.
First, there was approval of the state lottery in 2005. It was 2024 before the next step. In March, after much lobbying (and campaign cash contributions), online betting operators began accepting sports bets in North Carolina for the first time in the state’s history.
