The state of Colorado is set to launch sports betting on May 1, and things are starting to ramp up around the state. The Colorado Limited Gaming Commission has been busy looking at applications and issuing licenses, and that trend has continued despite the coronavirus pandemic sweeping across the country.
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GAN has secured access to Michigan’s newly regulated iGaming market after negotiating a deal with the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians.
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Native American tribal casinos, now closed statewide and losing millions of dollars daily due to coronavirus fears, got a boost Wednesday when Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law a bill authorizing sports betting within those venues.
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While New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has his hands full with the coronavirus, he has been actively working on the state budget. That’s bad news for mobile sports betting, which did not make the latest cuts, as per Legal Sports Report, as the governor and state lawmakers appear to still be on opposite sides of the issue.
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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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