Authored by Rep. Brandon Vick, a Republican, HB 2478 would permit sports betting at Evergreen State card rooms, racetracks, and tribal casinos. The bill contains a clause that would allow for mobile wagering, but it would need to be tied to a tribal operator.<\/p>\n
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\u201cA tribal casino and a sports wagering licensee may conduct an online sports pool or may authorize an internet sports pool operator licensed as a casino service industry enterprise to operate an online sports pool on its behalf, provided the terms of the agreement are approved by the commission,\u201d according to Vick’s bill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
HB 2478 requires a $500,000 license fee for interested operators. HB 2368, filed on Wednesday, is more narrow. That proposal would only allow sports wagering at tribal casinos while confining mobile betting to the grounds of those properties.<\/strong><\/p>\nHB 2368, which doesn’t call for the exclusion of betting on collegiate competitions, has a companion in the Washington Senate in the form of SB 6394.<\/p>\n
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There are 29 federally recognized tribes in the Evergreen State, and each one has a Class III gaming compact, with 21 of those bands operating 28 casinos in the state, according to the Washington State Gambling Commission.<\/p>\n
The tribes could prefer some level of sports betting exclusivity. But that effort would likely face resistance from card room operators that want access to that revenue stream, too.<\/strong><\/p>\nFor example, Nevada’s Maverick Gaming LLC has been on a Washington card room acquisition binge<\/a>, positioning itself to benefit from broader sports betting legislation there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lawmakers in Washington State have submitted a pair of sports betting bills since the start of the 2020 legislative session, but they face time constraints in terms of acting on the legislation. With 2020 being an election and a non-budget year in the Evergreen State, the legislative session, which started this week, lasts just 60 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":124614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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