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Get A Grip: The Week In Sports Betting: No Florida Bill, Tennessee Sportsbook Suspension Enjoined, Maryland, More

Despite Gov. Ron DeSantis' hope of getting sports betting moving, Senate president doesn't file bill

Jill R. Dorson by Jill R. Dorson
March 26, 2021
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The Seminole Hard Rock Casino Hotel Resort - HOLLYWOOD, FL, USA - SEPTEMBER 25, 2019: (Shutterstock)

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It’s information overload everywhere, and there’s not time enough to sleep and eat and stay fully apprised of what’s happening on this crazy blue dot of ours (two out of three ain’t bad). Here’s the weekend (or fashionably late) Sports Handle item, “Get a Grip,” recapping the week’s top US sports betting stories, highlighting some fresh news, and rounding up key stories. Also check out this week’s Wild World of Gambling at US Bets.

Top stories this week from our network

BREAKING:@TNAction247 has won an injunction against @TNLottery's suspension of license last Friday. License to be reinstated immediately.

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— Sports Handle (@sports_handle) March 26, 2021

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No Florida sports betting bill this week

Late last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hinted that a sports betting and gaming compromise with stakeholders could come this week. DeSantis met last week with ‘gaming interests,’ but negotiations don’t seem to be moving as quickly as hoped. Senate President Wilton Simpson had suggested his office would file a bill sometime this past week, but midweek, his office said that wouldn’t be happening.

“We will probably know one way or another within the next week or so whether we have a path to an agreement,” DeSantis told the Tampa Tribune on March 18.

Patiently waiting for sports betting to be legalized in Florida pic.twitter.com/5QgyxfxN0U

— Wilmer (@gamboaw_17) March 24, 2021

At issue is that the Seminole Tribe, which has six casinos in Florida, stopped paying the state from gaming revenue in 2019 because the tribe determined that the state violated the pact by allowing banked card games at jai lai frontons, racetracks, and card rooms. DeSantis told Politico that he had or was planning to meet with the Seminoles as well as other “gaming interests.”

A representative from Simpson’s office told Sports Handle this week: “I don’t think we’ll be in a position to file a bill this week,” but said that negotiations are ongoing. Lawmakers are already getting short on time. The final day for committee meetings this session is April 20, which means a bill must get filed, out of the Senate and onto the House floor in about three-and-a-half weeks to be able to have a shot at becoming law.

Minority business opportunity big in MD

The Maryland Senate’s Budget and Taxation Committee this week heard from a bevy of witnesses, most asking for even more expansive minority business enterprise language, as guidance for sports betting regulation begins to move through the chamber. HB 940 lays out a framework for legal sports betting which voters legalized last November. It passed the House on March 11. The bill is sponsored by House Speaker Adrienne Jones, who introduced it before giving way to more than hour of testimony.

Senators heard from several local businesses, including Longshots, a women-owned sports bar, the minority owned Riverboat on the Potomac, minority and women-owned Bingo World, and women-owned Ride and Reel, all Maryland entertainment businesses that want the opportunity to offer sports wagering. Also among those testifying was Shane August, who is hoping to have his Handle 19 sportsbook in every corner of DMV.

New post: Firms Urge Lawmakers to Boost Number of Mobile Sports Betting Licenses https://t.co/Tskmphm5Ol

— Maryland Matters (@marylandmatters) March 26, 2021

“While some jurisdictions ‘talk’ about it, through HB 940, it is clear that the legislators of Maryland have put their pens where their mouths are,” August said via remote testimony Thursday. “This is by far the most progressive and inclusive language introduced in any sports wagering legislation thus far in our nation.”

The bill currently allows for 10 retail-only, 15 stand-alone mobile, and 13 retail-and-digital licenses, and places a premium on minority or women-owned operators.

Other legislative happenings

Nebraska: Lawmakers in mid-March debated whether or not a state referendum permits sports betting, and in the end, agreed that it does, setting the stage to move forward with a regulatory framework. The Senate General Affairs Committee voted 31-10 to include sports betting in the definition of “games of chance,” which voters approved last November.  LB 561, which would allow for sports betting at racinos, but does not allow for statewide mobile wagering, is set for another hearing at noon CT on March 29. On-site mobile would be available, and prop bets on college sports would be prohibited.  The amended bill passed first reading in the committee, 37-5, and from here, lawmakers will continue to massage the bill, which also broadens restrictions on keno.

Kansas: On March 24, HB 2450, which would grant the Kansas Lottery the opportunity to have its own sports betting platform, was filed. The bill calls for the lottery to put out a request for proposal to potential operators, with proposals due Jan. 11, 2022. Under the bill, betting on college and professional sports would be legal. A week earlier, on March 18, the Senate Federal and State Affairs held another hearing on SB 84, which would allow for retail wagering at the state’s four casinos and two professional sports venues. The committee heard about an hour of testimony, but did not take a vote.  On the same day, the House Committee on State and Federal Affairs filed its own sports betting bill, HB 2444, that would legalize digital wagering via platforms tethered to professional sports venues, other qualified locations, or the state lottery. Wagering locations would also be able to offer in-person wagering via kiosk, but not in a traditional sportsbook. The bill would allow wagering on college and professional sports, but it does not set a tax rate. 

Georgia House committee passes Senate sports betting bill, as session runs low on time

Wyoming sports betting bill heads to Senate floor

North Dakota Senate one vote short of sending sports betting decision to voters

More of the most important, interesting stories

One thing the Montana Sports App will never have to worry about is sophisticated play, or average play or anything above a first time player. pic.twitter.com/yXpHrzRA7G

— Robert Walker (@robertusfsports) March 23, 2021

 

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Have a good weekend, everybody.

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Jill R. Dorson

Jill has covered everything from steeplechase to the NFL and then some during a more than 30-year career in sports journalism. The highlight of her career was covering Oakland Raiders during the Charles Woodson/Jon Gruden era, including the infamous “Snow Bowl” and the Raiders’ 2003 trip to Super Bowl XXXVII. Her specialty these days is covering sports betting legislation across the country. You can reach Jill at jill@bettercollective.com

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