Massachusetts looks increasingly likely to follow New York and Rhode Island in authorizing sports betting as part of its annual state budget process, pending legislative action in coming weeks. Two amendments are filed for consideration as part of the Senate fiscal year (FY) 2022 budget, which is scheduled for Senate floor debate beginning on May […]
Louisiana sports betting edged closer to becoming law today when the Senate voted 31-6 to authorize retail and mobile sportsbooks in a majority of the state’s 64 parishes. Senate Bill 247, sponsored by Sen. President Patrick Page Cortez of Lafayette, would authorize 20 licenses for sports betting at 15 of Louisiana’s riverboat casinos, four racetracks, […]
Seven sports betting bills are waiting for a vote in the Missouri General Assembly. None of the bills has seen action since at least March 2. And none is even close to becoming law. With only three weeks left in Missouri’s 2021 Regular Session, bettors are asking themselves if state lawmakers in Jefferson City plan […]