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CARDS, AND HE WAS ALSO ARMED WITH A KNIFE. WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE EXPLOSIVE GROWTH OF SPORTS BETTING HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS. THIS IS FIVE INVESTIGATES MIKE BEAUDET AND YOU HAVE SOMETHING NEW FOR US TODAY ON THIS. LET’S JUST SAY THAT MARCH MADNESS LIVED UP TO ITS NAME. IT’S BEEN JUST OVER TWO YEARS SINCE SPORTS BETTING CAME TO MASSACHUSETTS, AND IT HAS TAKEN OFF. WE TOLD YOU LAST MONTH THAT GAMBLERS HERE HAD SPENT A WHOPPING 14 BILLION. THAT’S BILLION WITH A B DOLLARS ON SPORTS BETTING. THAT’S NEARLY $2,000 FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN MASSACHUSETTS. THEN CAME MARCH MADNESS. EVEN THOUGH THERE WASN’T A MASSACHUSETTS TEAM IN THE FINAL FOUR, THERE WAS PLENTY OF GAMBLING ACTION. WE KNOW THAT FROM DATA RELEASED THIS WEEK FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION, IT SHOWS THAT LAST MONTH ALONE, BETTORS GAMBLED $773 ON SPORTS. THAT’S THE THIRD HIGHEST MONTH SINCE SPORTS BETTING BECAME LEGAL IN THE STATE. AND IT BRINGS THE TOTAL AMOUNT LEGALLY SPENT ON SPORTS HERE TO $14.5 BILLION. UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY WITH A B. I MEAN, THAT IS REALLY OVERWHELMING. HOW MUCH WAS SPENT ON THE COLLEGE BASKETBALL GAMES. SO WE DON’T KNOW THE BREAKDOWN. BUT IF I’M A GAMBLING MAN, I’M DEFINITELY SAYING THAT BASKETBALL WAS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR IN MARCH. OF COURSE, OTHER BIG MONTHS NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JANUARY. FOOTBALL, FOOTBALL. SO FOLLOW THE SPORTS, FOLLOW THE MONEY, FOLLOW THE MONEY. ALL RIGHT. MIKE BEAUDET FIVE INVESTIGATES. IT’S IT’S INTERESTING, I THINK AND I THINK IT’S SOMETHING THAT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW.