Montana will likely launch<\/a> sports betting over the next several months, a move that could allow wagers to be placed at as many as 1,400 locations across the Big Sky State.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\u201cThe competition around us with Iowa starting in August — last month, in November, they did fifty-six million dollars worth of sports wagering,\u201d said Rodman in the KOTA TV<\/i> interview.<\/p>\n
Minnesota, the most populous state bordering South Dakota, could take up the issue again this year after its legislature adjourned last May without considering a sports betting bill that was proposed in 2018.<\/p>\n
Still A Long Road<\/h2>\n
Even if both houses of South Dakota’s legislature agree to a sports wagering amendment, the issue would then go before voters in November. Official polling data hasn’t been revealed, but anecdotal evidence suggests residents in the Mount Rushmore State aren’t overtly opposed to sports betting.<\/p>\n
Assuming everything breaks the right way for South Dakota’s sports betting supporters, the issue would then go back to legislature in early 2021 so politicians could formulate rules and regulations. At the earliest, it’s expected the first legal sports wager would be placed in the state in July 2021.<\/p>\n
Previous estimates indicate that if the state can get sports betting up and running by fiscal 2022, the endeavor would generate $2.05 million in revenue and almost $185,000 in taxes for South Dakota.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In an effort to keep up with some neighboring states, South Dakota lawmakers will again consider sports betting legislation this year after a similar effort was defeated in 2019. Voters in the Mount Rushmore State would ultimately decide the fate of sports wagering there. But before the issue can make it onto the ballot, policymakers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":123893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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