Maverick Gaming CEO Eric Persson said the Las Vegas company’s efforts to bring sports betting to the state of Washington this year may not be successful. But he’s not overly worried.
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Tennessee first approved sports gambling legislation last year and then gave state residents a chance to weigh in on topic. Things continue to progress, and the first bets could be placed in sportsbooks sometime next month.
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Two tribal sports betting bills have been filed in the Washington state legislature in the last two days, and both include the college “carve out” and allow sports betting on tribal lands. Neither references a “royalty” or official league data mandate. Other than that, the House bills bear little resemblance to each other.
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Proponents of sports betting in Maine have one final opportunity to get bill LD 553 over the line after it was vetoed at the weekend by Governor Janet Mills. The veto is likely to be the subject of an override vote on Thursday this week but will need a two-thirds majority in both the House and the Senate for Mills to be overruled.
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Colorado’s gaming commission solidified the rules for sports betting licensure Thursday, setting the stage for the first group of applicants to be approved next month as the state moves toward legalized sports gambling this spring
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After 11 months of virtually no movement, Kentucky is beginning to see substantial activity related to the legalization of sports gambling within state boundaries
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While legislators in Frankfort don't appear to be going all in on expanded gambling, the odds that sports betting passes the General Assembly may be good. A House committee is poised to take up HB 137, which would legalize sports wagering in the commonwealth. The bill has more than 20 bipartisan co-sponsors and appears to have support in the state Senate.
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The ongoing issue of mobile sports betting in New York is set to enter its next crucial phase this week with Governor Andrew Cuomo preparing to unveil his executive state budget proposal on Thursday. Question is, will it include Senator Joseph Addabbo Jr’s sports betting bill – S17 – that’s been languishing untouched since it was approved by the Senate last June?
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Democratic Gov. Janet Mills vetoed a bill Friday that would have added the state to a growing number that allow gambling on sports events. Mills said she remained “unconvinced at this time that the majority of Maine people are ready to legalize, support, endorse and promote betting on competitive athletic events.’’
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House Speaker David Ralston says voters should decide whether to expand gambling in Georgia, a major topic for state lawmakers during this year’s legislative session.
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It seems to be working for Rhode Island, New Hampshire and other New England states, so Vermont is now considering getting in on the sports gambling fever sweeping the U.S.. Two state senators have pre-filed a bill that would allow Green Mountain State residents to place wagers on different types of sporting events and they had the foresight to include a much-needed component of the activity – mobile sportsbooks.
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Republican Scott Strom has added further weight to calls for the introduction of legal sports betting in the state of Maine, with a guest opinion piece in the Bangor Daily News this week ahead of the return of state legislature on January 8.
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