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A Marriage Made in Vegas

The relationship between the NFL and Las Vegas has changed dramatically in the last two decades. The league that once banned the city from advertising during the Super Bowl now has a franchise there and chose Vegas to host this week’s game. What changed? As the law has softened on sports betting, the league followed suit. Plus, all the Super Bowl-related things you can bet on, stories from the game’s past, and wouldn’t it be cool if the day after was a national holiday?

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