Sports Gambling Legislation By State
New Jersey voters in 2011 voted for a state constitutional amendment that would permit sports gambling. The next year, the NJ State Legislature enacted the Sports Wagering Act ('2012 Act'), allowing sports wagering at New Jersey casinos and racetracks. Although New Mexico has not passed any new sports betting legislation since the Supreme Court's decision, the move by the Santa Ana Star Casino & Hotel was made via a gaming compact with the state.
LANSING, Mich. (AP) —
Michigan casinos could launch online sports betting and gambling games in December once state lawmakers waive the remaining time they have to review proposed licensing rules.
The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, which has 10 legislators, will effectively bless the new regulations at a meeting Tuesday, said the chairman, Republican Sen. Pete Lucido. The expected move will come nearly a year after the Legislature and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer legalized internet gambling and wagering on sports.
Sports bettors were able to place wagers in person at some casinos beginning this past spring. But mobile sports betting, internet poker and other online games must wait until the three commercial casinos in Detroit, 24 tribal casinos and suppliers such as FanDuel and Barstool receive state licenses.
The state of Washington became the 21st state to legalize sports betting on March 25th, 2020 when Governor Jay Inslee signed a new sports betting bill into law. Washington was the first state in 2020 to legalize sports betting. On July 1, 2000, a new law took effect in the state of South Carolina, whereby the ownership, possession, or operation of a video poker machine, for either commercial or personal use, became illegal. Violators are subject to prosecution and substantial fines. Through at least 2007, the only type of legalized gambling in that state is the South Carolina Education Lottery.
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“Everybody wants to get this thing going,” Lucido, of Macomb County’s Shelby Township, told The Associated Press. “This is something that’s long overdue at this point. It’s being done in other states. We’re losing opportunity costs.”
He noted that Detroit’s casinos, closed due to state coronavirus restrictions, would benefit from being able to offer mobile options.
“If we hear the waiver request was approved by JCAR, we are hopeful that online gaming and sports betting can start this year,” said Mary Kay Bean, spokeswoman for the Michigan Gaming Control Board.
Licensing will begin as soon as the rules are filed with the secretary of state, at which point they will take effect immediately.
Some gambling and technology executives have estimated that 90% of sports betting in the U.S. will be done over mobile phones or the internet in the next four to nine years.
BetMGM spokeswoman Elisa Richardson said the operator was “eagerly awaiting” the approval of the regulations and would work with regulators to launch the app through the MGM Grand Detroit casino “shortly thereafter.”
Mike Bean, CEO of Saginaw Chippewa Gaming Enterprises, which has two tribal casinos in Mount Pleasant and a third in Standish, said it was targeting early 2021 for onsite sports betting and later in the year for online gambling.
DraftKings and the Detroit Pistons announced a deal Monday making the sports betting operator the NBA team’s official partner before DraftKings’ launch in Michigan.
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