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Re:Legalizing Sports Gambling Was a Mistake by aidenn0 on Friday September 27, 2024 @11:07AM (#41671398)
I'm not sure that's the entirely the case, given that, when I was a kid, you couldn't buy non-distilled beverages at the grocery store either.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholic_beverage_control_sta...

Re:Legalizing Sports Gambling Was a Mistake by piltdownman on Friday September 27, 2024 @11:26AM (#41671645)
Temperance related measures post-Volstead - an insidious loophole to appease the Bible Belt whereby liquour is specifically exempted from the federal oversight of interstate commerce.

I believe there's some relation between this and federal highway funding being tied to a minimum drinking age of 21, but I may be misremembering some half-read magazine article.

Re:Legalizing Sports Gambling Was a Mistake by mozman on Friday September 27, 2024 @02:09PM (#41673817)
I believe it’s drinking age and breath limit thresholds thanks to MADD.