{"id":20655,"date":"2024-09-19T11:05:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T15:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=20655"},"modified":"2024-10-10T11:06:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T15:06:48","slug":"merkley-says-gambling-on-elections-should-be-banned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-says-gambling-on-elections-should-be-banned\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley says gambling on elections should be banned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.centraloregondaily.com\/news\/elections\/jeff-merkley-election-gambling-ban\/article_ac0e8438-76e9-11ef-b7c1-7bda91684126.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Central Oregon Daily<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., is calling for a ban on gambling on elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A federal judge overturned a decision last week that previously rejected legal gambling on U.S. elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Merkley said with just two months before an extremely consequential election, this should not and cannot happen. 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