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It’s a safe bet that legalized sports wagering will be an important issue this year in California.

There’s a lot more than table stakes in play: In neighboring Nevada, where sports betting is currently legal, fans bet a record $98.9 million on the 49ers-Ravens Super Bowl game. That’s a hefty piece of change.

Gov. Jerry Brown won’t be paying off his losing bet on the Super Bowl for a week or so.

Not that Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is griping about it.

Brown said before the game that if the San Francisco 49ers didn’t prevail he would send O’Malley a copy of “California: The Great Exception,”