For the past four years, the campaign to legalize online sports betting has appeared all but unstoppable. In recent weeks, though, some of the momentum has slowed.
New York is a powerful state lawmaker introduced legislation to restrict some of the to lure new bettors. Kansas, the governor, an enthusiastic backer of earlier this year, said she was now seeking to revisit aspects of the law, citing its 'unintended consequences'.
The Massachusetts, gambling regulators this week unexpectedly paused consideration of an application for a gambling license by the casino company Penn Entertainment because of concerns about its partnership and at some universities, administrators and students voiced concern about to promote sports betting on campus.
The sentiment shifted after The New York Times published a series of articles last month that examined the explosion of sports betting nationwide since the supreme court overturned a federal law in 2018 that blocked most states from permitting such gambling. The articles detailed the aggressive lobbying used to get sports betting legalized in 31 states, the splintered regulatory system that now oversees the industry and the flood of marketing and promotion of sports betting on television, online and on campuses.
In Kansas, lobbyists for gambling companies and sports teams showered lawmakers with money and gifts. The lawmakers wrote legislation that granted the betting and sports industries a variety of lucrative goodies.
One provision set aside 80 percent of tax revenue from sports betting to pay for a possible professional sports stadium in Kansas. The provision was inserted at the last minute at the request of real estate developers who owned land near the site where the stadium would likely be built.
In Kansas, lobbyists for gambling companies and sports teams showered lawmakers with money and gifts. The lawmakers wrote legislation that granted the betting and sports industries a variety of lucrative goodies.
One provision set aside 80 percent of tax revenue from sports betting to pay for a possible professional sports stadium in Kansas. The provision was inserted at the last minute at the request of real estate developers who owned land near the site where the stadium would likely be built.
Governor Laura Kelly of Kansas, when asked about the article, said that she has begun talking with state lawmakers about ways to revise the sports betting law. She said officials would focus on the stadium-financing provision.
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Governor Kelly agrees there are aspects of the sports betting legislation that could be improved, including the stadium fund, said Brianna Johnson, a spokeswoman for the governor.
Other Kansas lawmakers said they intended to introduce legislation to curb the flood of promotional bets that gambling companies use to attract customers. Kansas permitted such promotions including offers of supposedly risk-free wagers to be deducted from companies’ taxable revenue. The volume of the promotions has been so large that, as of October, some major sports betting companies had not paid any taxes on mobile bets placed in the state.
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