Erik Brady: When legalized sports gambling came to Louisiana, a Buffalo native placed the first bet By Erik Brady Special to The News Nov 6, 2021 Nov 6, 2021 Updated May 12, 2022 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jason Kelly made the first legal sports bet in Louisiana history this week with these words: “Gimme 50 bucks on the Buffalo Sabres!”kAm%92E’D 9@H k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^HHH]?@=2]4@>^DA@CED^36EE:?8^2CE:4=60_bg_hf_g\b2c3\``64\2645\ef7`5_26g3ee]9E>=Q E2C86ElQ03=2?<Qm}~{p]4@> BF@E65 9:>k^2m – 4@>A=6E6 H:E9 E96 6I4=2>2E:@? >2C< – F?56C E96 9625=:?6 “}6H ~C=62?D’ 7:CDE 52J @7 DA@CED 36EE:?8i q:8 4C@H5D[ q@33J w636CE 2?5 … E96 qF772=@ $23C6Dn”k^AmkAm%96 H63D:E6 2=D@ @776C65 E9:D A:BF2?E @3D6CG2E:@?i “p?5 :7 J@F 925 >@?6J @? E96 7:CDE 36E :? {@F:D:2?2 36:?8 @? 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Erik Brady: In fiction, Leif Eriksson saw Niagara Falls. Or was that reality? Might Eriksson and his Vikings really have made their way to what we know as Niagara Falls? No physical evidence exists.
