New York State Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo stand at odds on how to operate New York’s mobile sports betting industry. Both the State Assembly and Senate proposed bills in the FY 2021-22 budget that would allow New York’s seven land-based casinos to license and operate online sportsbooks.
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Cities that reap millions of dollars in tax revenue from keno bets implored Nebraska lawmakers on Monday to let people play the game on their mobile phones to help bars and keno parlors compete with new casinos slated to open next year.
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Lawmakers gave first-round approval to the measure, which seeks to help human trafficking victims.
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Now that voters in nearly all of Louisiana parishes have said they want to legalize sports betting, state lawmakers will debate in their upcoming legislative session what regulation parameters and taxes they want to enact on the wagering.
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A rewrite of gambling law in Connecticut agreed to by Gov. Ned Lamont and the two tribal casinos passed its first test in the General Assembly Wednesday with committee approval of sports betting, online wagers and a casino in Bridgeport.
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A bill setting up an industry with a combination of in-person and online betting cleared the House of Delegates and is now in the hands of a Senate committee, which heard pleas Thursday from businesses that want to be included in the plans.
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The Cheyenne Post noted the legislation must still clear two additional votes in the Senate before it reaches the desk of Gov. Mark Gordon for signature and to become law.
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Tennessee regulators acted swiftly, despite the self-reporting of problems by Action247, suspending betting operations at the sportsbook and leaving bettors in limbo.
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Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts says he doesn’t like three bills pending before lawmakers, including a state takeover of Omaha Public Schools’ troubled pension fund and a proposal to allow electronic keno games.
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Connecticut inched closer to legalizing sports betting and online gambling Wednesday with votes by a legislative committee to send gaming-expansion bills to the floors of the Senate and House of Representatives.
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Online sports betting in Georgia continues toward a statewide vote with a full House vote expected on a pair of gambling-related proposals as soon as Thursday.
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The upper chamber voted down House Resolution 3032 by just a single vote on Monday, March 22. The measure narrowly failed on Friday, but an absent senator revived the bill before it met a final death.
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