: a court game somewhat like handball played usually by two or four players with a ball and a long curved wicker basket strapped to the wrist
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Miami could lose a piece of sports history as the only professional jai alai league in the U.S. considers leaving South Florida for a new home.
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Martin Vassolo, Axios, 18 Feb. 2025
Grievance of the week Coaching matters in football more than in any other sport — basketball, baseball, pickleball, jai alai, whatever.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
An arrangement with the sports-betting website BetRivers allows wagering on jai alai matches in seven states, providing potential new revenue for the casino, which has yet to turn a profit on jai alai.
—Arian Campo-Flores, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2022
For about 70 years, the South Florida sporting public has been entertained by jai alai that allowed legalized gambling with thousands of fans cheering on the action.
—Emmett Hall, Sun Sentinel, 20 Oct. 2022
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Martin Vassolo, Axios, 18 Feb. 2025
Grievance of the week Coaching matters in football more than in any other sport — basketball, baseball, pickleball, jai alai, whatever.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
An arrangement with the sports-betting website BetRivers allows wagering on jai alai matches in seven states, providing potential new revenue for the casino, which has yet to turn a profit on jai alai.
—Arian Campo-Flores, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2022
For about 70 years, the South Florida sporting public has been entertained by jai alai that allowed legalized gambling with thousands of fans cheering on the action.
—Emmett Hall, Sun Sentinel, 20 Oct. 2022
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“Jai alai.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jai%20alai. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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