A coalition of bowling alleys, bars and other businesses that sell lottery games, and mayors is pushing back and rejecting any plan to allow Ohio’s four casinos to control sports gambling in the state. This comes as a proposal on sports gambling is set to come out of the Senate soon.
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On Tuesday night, the Alabama Senate passed a gaming bill that includes sports betting. Senate Bill 310 had its third reading in the Senate where the measure passed by a vote of 23-9. The bill will now move forward to the House of Representatives for consideration.
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Florida’s jai alai frontons, quarter horse and harness horse racing tracks could choose not to conduct live events and still be able to operate poker and slot machine rooms under a bill unanimously approved by the Senate Regulated Industries Committee on Monday.
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Maryland sports betting could become operational as early as this fall. That’s after state lawmakers finally came to terms on how to regulate the expanded gambling.
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The Arizona Legislature late Monday approved a key part of a plan that will provide new opportunities for gambling at casinos owned by Native American tribes and for the first time allow sports betting both on and off reservations.
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It appears that Vermont is now interested in testing the waters for legal sports betting within their borders, as a new piece of legislation has been introduced intended to allow for regulated sportsbooks to begin taking wagers as soon as this summer.
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Less than three weeks after the first retail sportsbooks opened in the state, two North Carolina lawmakers filed a bill this past week to expand the opportunity statewide for a very noble reason.
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Amid ongoing talks with the Seminole Tribe about a gambling deal, Senate President Wilton Simpson wants to move forward with other measures that would create a state gaming commission and lift a long-debated requirement on pari-mutuel facilities.
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North Carolina will be introduced to a mobile sports wagering bill as one was filed on Wednesday to regulate that aspect of the industry for the state.
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Kansas lawmakers continue to attempt to legalize sports betting, but this has been a complicated process. It seemed as if things were heading in the right direction earlier this year. Unfortunately, that progress has come to a screeching halt.
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The bipartisan bill, introduced by Republican Sen. Jim Perry and Democratic Sen. Paul A. Lowe Jr., could be enacted in North Carolina as soon as Oct. 1. The legislature is in session until July 30.
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The plan being put forth by the state Senate would be one that is wide-open to applicants, compared with one approved by the House of Delegates that would limit the number of licenses.
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