The West Virginia Lottery Commission has approved emergency rules for online gaming in the state, with director John Myers revealing that operators could be up and running as early as June or July. The emergency rules were approved by the Commission at a meeting on 29 April, and will now be filed by the West Virginia Secretary of State’s Office by 15 May.
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When sports come back after the coronavirus quarantine period is over, Colorado residents will have the opportunity to bet on the Broncos, Rockies, Nuggets, Avalanche and other teams across the sports landscape after the Centennial State became the 18th in the U.S to offer legal, in-person sports betting to the general public.
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While California does not currently have meaningful legislation underway regarding the regulation of legal casino sites, it possibly may be closer to exploring the idea than people think.
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Amid the current landscape caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic, legalized gambling is not a priority at the moment, but The Enquirer spoke with State Representative Brigid Kelly, a co-sponsor of Bill 194, before the pandemic to get a sense of where Ohio sits in the process.
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Virginia lawmakers continued their back-and-forth on sports betting Wednesday when the General Assembly and Senate met in separate tents on the state house grounds for a one-day reconvened session, and each accepted gubernatorial amendments to sports betting bills.
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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Tuesday he reached a deal with two Native American tribes to increase the state’s share of revenue from new casinos, but the governor still remains locked in a legal dispute over gambling with 10 other tribes.
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Gaming groups are calling for the General Assembly to defeat Northam’s proposal to delay a ban on skill games for a year, while taxing the machines and using the money for a new state fund to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Last Wednesday, the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation unanimously set a new low for the emerging US sports betting market when the board approved rules to cap payouts for winning wagers at 90% by forcing TN sportsbooks to keep a permanent 10% minimum hold—” hold” is the amount of profit made from the “handle” (total amount bet at a sportsbook).
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Tennessee has ended months of work setting up its rules for an online-only sports betting law that passed last year and has yet to see its first wager. The Tennessee Lottery board’s vote Wednesday via teleconference due to the coronavirus pandemic highlights a bigger question: Will there be any games to bet on once sportsbooks are ready to go?
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Many will forever debate gambling is not essential. But thousands of out of work Coronavirus casino victims prove the “business of gambling” is indeed essential. Will the federal government take note?
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Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has amended and returned gambling expansion bills to the General Assembly. With Gov. Northam having a deadline of midnight on April 11 to act on the legislation, he did not sign the bills into law and he did not let the deadline pass
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While the COVID-19 health crisis has frozen the sports and sports betting worlds, in Tennessee there remains a tug-of-war over one key, controversial provision in the yet-to-be-finalized legal sports betting regulations
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