By Todd Dewey, Las Vegas Review-Journal

For years, the NBA and other major pro sports leagues claimed they wanted to stop the spread of legal sports betting in order to protect the integrity of their games.

Now, the NBA wants a piece of the action. To protect the integrity of the game.

If, as expected, a federal ban on sports betting is lifted in the coming months, the NBA wants sports books to pay the league 1 percent of the money wagered on its games as an “integrity fee.”

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