Gambling companies can now be considered for Official Marketing Partners (OMPs) for all six tours overseen by the PGA TOUR, and tournaments and players also can seek sponsored deals with such entities. Players were informed of the policy change during a meeting Tuesday afternoon prior to this week’s The Honda Classic
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Casino executives, lottery officials, and even former baseball player and manager Bobby Valentine traveled to Connecticut’s Capitol on Tuesday, hoping to get a piece of whatever system the legislature may put in place to legalize sports gambling.
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The Indiana state Senate has approved a casino relocation bill that could send a casino license to Terre Haute. Senate Bill 552 by Mark Messmer, R-Jasper, and Jon Ford, R-Terre Haute, also allows gambling on college and professional sports at casinos or online by pre-registered bettors.
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Lawmakers are currently gathering votes in an effort to pass the legislation, House Bill 175, out of the House and into the Senate. Kentucky’s adjournment sine die is Mar. 30, so the window for passing legislation is relatively short. HB 175, which comes from state
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The General Assembly approved a gambling bill this past Saturday that would allow casino construction in certain areas in the state and all that’s left is the signature from the governor of Virginia, Ralph Northam.
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The House of Delegates passed two bills on Friday that would make it much easier for West Virginians to gamble.
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The Iowa legislature took another step forward on a bill that would legalize sports gambling in Iowa. On Thursday a full senate committee approved a bill that would create the framework for a sports gaming system in Iowa.
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Several bills introduced this year would legalize it in the state, a step made possible by a U.S. Supreme Court decision last May that ended Nevada’s monopoly. A portion of the money the state would take in would go toward plugging the gap in the underfunded pension system.
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With a little last-minute change-ups in its playbook, bets could be placed before the start of the next NFL season.
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The bill got the support of representatives Wednesday morning but fell two votes short of the 48 needed for approval. The measure passed 52-38 on a second vote in the afternoon, before lawmakers were set to adjourn for their midsession break.
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Kentucky took the first step to legalizing sports betting on Wednesday as a legislative committee strongly endorsed a bill that one estimate says would bring in at least $20 million a year in new taxes.
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After deciding that the legislation dealt with all types of gambling, and not just sports gambling as it stated nine years ago, the “unbiased” department has already been threatened with a couple of lawsuits. Now, however, it could face its most vicious suit from the state that started it all – New Jersey.
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