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UNITED STATES Sports-betting
US Sports-Betting Update AT A GLANCE Virginia Gives Sports Betting the
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State Tracker Virginia
The Virginia General Assembly has given sports betting the go ahead. Both chambers of the Virginia Legislature passed HB 896 and SB 384 that will allow for retail and online sports betting as well as the building of up to four casinos around the state. Mobile sports wagering in Virginia could begin this year. Sports books will be required to use game
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Te American Gaming Association’s (AGA) has launched a new sports betting public awareness campaign. Te Have a Game Plan, Bet Responsibly campaign is currently live in Capital One Arena in Washington, DC and T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV, with plans to launch in other sports betting markets soon.
Bill Miller, president and CEO of the American Gaming Association said. “It’s more important than ever that the gaming industry, and our new partners in the sports betting ecosystem, are proactive in equipping patrons with the tools they need to engage in these offerings in
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data directly from sports leagues and the bill will not allow in-game betting or betting on college sports as well.
Virginia is one of just a handful of states that still does not have commercial or tribal casinos. However the government will now allow commercial gambling with the construction of gambling facilities in five cities: Richmond, Norfolk, Bristol, Portsmouth, and Danville. A referendum must be passed in the city on the question of allowing casino gaming.
The bill proposes a $250,000 application fee for a sports gaming license for an initial three-year permit, which is renewable in return for $200,000 for each three-year renewal. In an attempt to lure NFL’s Washington Redskins to move to the state pro teams in Virginia could be granted a license for retail and mobile sports wagering. The tax will stand at 15 per cent tax rate on adjusted gross revenue while The Virginia Lottery Board will be put in charge of regulating the industry.
State Tracker Connecticut
Governor Ned Lamont says that he supports a bill that would allow Native American tribes, the operators of off-track betting locations and the Connecticut Lottery to all run sports betting. His comments puts a bill that would give exclusivity over both online and land based sports betting to the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes exclusively in doubt. In the governor’s statement quoted through spokesman Max Reiss a broader opening of the market is his
preferred option. Gov. Lamont favours the bill put forward by State Representative Joe Verrengia, chairman of the public safety committee, who wants a scheme whereby land based sports betting would be permitted via tribal casinos, at off-track betting sites and through certain lottery locations.
However State Senator Cathy Osten has put forward a bill that would give the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes exclusive rights to sports betting. The bill has been endorsed by other Democratic leaders of the state.
State Tracker South Dakota
The House State Affairs Committee has voted to approve Senate Joint Resolution 501, which will put legalising sports wagering on the 2020 general election ballot by a 7- 5 vote. If voters agree on a sports betting expansion then it will go back to the legislature next year so that the government can draft a new set of sports betting laws.
South Dakota requires a constitutional amendment to expand gambling to allow sports wagering. A bill to amend the constitution of South Dakota in order to allow sports betting passed the senate by a vote of 24-10 in February. Under the new constitutional amendment, sports betting will be allowed in its only commercial gambling town, Deadwood. South Dakota offers commercial casino gaming at 25 locations exclusively within the city limits of the historical city and popular tourist hotspot.
a responsible manner.” Te initiative will also strengthen responsible gaming engagement from sports leagues, teams, and other new entrants into the sports betting market. Te campaign focuses on four responsible sports betting principles: setting a budget, encouraging players to play with others while gambling, urging players to be informed when it comes to the games they are playing and gambling with regulated operators only.
New Jersey and Pennsylvania have come out against the Justice Department legal memo issued by the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel reinterpreting the Wire Act. Both states expressed support for the New Hampshire Lottery Commission. Te ruling of the DOJ threatens to
The ban against sports wagering would also be removed for American Indian tribes’ casinos. Sen. Bob Ewing said before the senate that the state was already losing out and it was time to act.
State Tracker Washington State
Washington Senate has approved a bill authorising sports betting in Native American tribal casinos. The bill passed by 34-15 vote after two hours debate which included an emergency clause meaning that there is no need for a referendum on the issue. A referendum is normally required before gaming law can be changed in the state, and it demands a 60 percent vote of approval from the public.
Sen. Karen Keiser argued for a limited expansion via tribal casinos meaning that no referendum is necessary. The vote comes after the House appropriations committee approved a bill which allows tribal casinos to offer sports betting earlier this year. Betting will be allowed on both professional and college sports and esports while betting on local state college sports will be banned.
The bill means that private card rooms in the state will be left out for now. Maverick Gaming is the new owner and operator of 19of the 44 card rooms in Washington State and a handful of other properties in Nevada and Colorado. CEO Eric Persson expressed his disappointment after the senate’s decision in a statement saying that the state had decided to approve “a tax-free monopoly for sports betting in tribal casinos...”
put plans in a number of states to offer online sports betting off course and expands restrictions on online gambling. Pennsylvania argues that the opinion could potentially lead to losses of over $1 billion in annual proceeds to the state due to subsequent losses in lottery sales. Meanwhile the New Jersey brief argues that Te DOJ’s reinterpretation of the Wire Act should be rejected “not only because its statutory arguments are flawed, but also because its change of position ignores the harms that would result from reasonable actions taken by the states in reliance on DOJ’s 2011 opinion.” Even though the wire act dates back to the Kennedy era it still means today that interstate sports wagering remains illegal and it also bans the sharing of information when it comes to betting across state lines.
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