There are only a few states that have had no movement on the legalization of sports betting. Most of them are states without a pro sports team or states that have overarching factors, like the lack of casino gambling or a lottery or a religious stance. Idaho falls into a couple of those groups
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Maryland lawmakers earlier this week rushed through a bare-bones sports betting referendum bill that didn’t include any framework for how legal sports wagering would work in the state — a matter that both chambers had debated before the COVID-19 pandemic gripped the country. Was that the right move? Stakeholders are split on it..
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Colorado voters approved legal sports betting back in November of 2019. With the legalization of sports betting, Colorado bettors will be able to make their wagers in-person and via online and mobile apps as well. Legal sports betting will officially kick off in the Centennial State on May 1st, 2020.
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The possibility of casino gambling coming to Georgia is on hold. The bill failed to make the crossover deadline in the state legislature.
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Maryland lawmakers have passed a measure to let voters decide whether to allow sports betting in the state. The Senate gave final approval to the bill Wednesday. Lawmakers are adjourning early from the annual legislative session later in the day due to the coronavirus.
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House Regulated Industries Committee Chairman Alan Powell, a Hartwell Republican, said that after years of debate in the Legislature about the possibility of expanding gambling beyond the Georgia Lottery, it was time voters got to have their say.
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At least one member of the Alabama legislature has no intention to wait for Governor Kay Ivey’s study into how gambling could affect the state. Senator Greg Albritton introduced a bill that would provide the Poarch Band of Creek Indians (PCI) a monopoly over all gambling rights, eliminating competition and binding the state to an agreement with the tribe.
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If legislation were a football drive, legalized sports gambling in Maryland made an impressive gain on first down when the state senate approved its version of a sports wagering bill, 47-0, March 10. However, there’s still plenty of distance to be covered.
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The location of a new Washington Redskins stadium remains to be determined, but the odds on whether ground eventually breaks in Maryland, Virginia or the District of Columbia are likely shifting in part due to the opportunity the team receives in each jurisdiction to get involved in legal sports betting.
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While a Massachusetts legislative considers a bill that would allow for a proposed racetrack and casino to be built in Wareham, one group seems to be solidly behind the legislation. The South Shore Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors have provided their endorsement for House Bill 4070.
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Kentucky is obviously in no rush to approve, or reject, sports gambling legislation. It was the middle of January when the state’s House Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations Committee approved House Bill 137 (HB 137), but, since then, not much movement has been seen, except possibly by the cleaning staff dusting the furniture.
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Washington Senate’s decision to legalize sports betting solely through established tribal gaming interests continues to generate debate and dissent among opponents who see the move as creating an ‘untaxed tribal monopoly’.
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