$600k bike lane upgrades

WI's lost revenue from sports betting

Firing Luke Fickell

Economist Adam Hoffer joins to fire Badgers football coach Luke Fickell and discuss just how many hundreds of millions of dollars Wisconsin is losing out on by not legalizing sports betting statewide.

First, though, we discuss a La Crosse City Council proposal to spend around $600,000 to update the 2nd Street bike lanes.

Hoffer is the director of excise tax — sin tax — policy at the Tax Foundation and a former sports economist at UW-La Crosse.

His latest report outlines how much sports betting tax revenue every state brought in last year and we compare Wisconsin to its neighbors Michigan and Illinois. Illinois, last year, brought in $240 million — the second most in the country.

Economist Adam Hoffer joins to fire Badgers football coach Luke Fickell and discuss just how many hundreds of millions of dollars Wisconsin is losing out on by not legalizing sports betting statewide.
First, though, we discuss a La Crosse City Council proposal to spend around $600,000 to update the 2nd Street bike lanes.
Hoffer is the director of excise tax &mdash; sin tax &mdash; policy at the Tax Foundation and a former sports economist at UW-La Crosse.
His <a href="https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/online-sports-betting-taxes/">latest report</a> outlines how much sports betting tax revenue every state brought in last year and we compare Wisconsin to its neighbors Michigan and Illinois. Illinois, last year, brought in $240 million &mdash; the second most in the country.

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