Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: WEDNESDAY, May 16, 1990 TAG: 9005160204 SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B5 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
\ The District of Columbia Council passed emergency legislation banning organized sports gambling in the nation's capital after being told that the planned game would hurt the city's chances of gaining a major-league expansion franchise in baseball.
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