{"id":170400,"date":"2021-04-13T11:05:06","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T18:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=170400"},"modified":"2022-07-26T09:26:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T14:26:40","slug":"arizona-legislature-passes-sports-betting-clears-way-for-new-compacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/arizona-legislature-passes-sports-betting-clears-way-for-new-compacts\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Legislature Passes Sports Betting, Clears Way for New Tribal Compacts"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Arizona legislature sent the state\u2019s sports betting bill<\/a> to the desk of Governor Doug Ducey late Monday, where it\u2019s expected to be enthusiastically signed off by the Republican governor.<\/p>\n

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Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has been a champion of sports betting and is expected to waste no time in signing the bill. (Image: Line17.qq)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The bill will create 20 betting licenses, mobile and land-based, which will be split down the middle between tribal operators and pro sports organizations. This means fans of teams like the Arizona Coyotes, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Arizona Cardinals could soon have in-stadium betting.<\/p>\n

The legislation also legalizes daily fantasy sports, along with a new Keno game to be run by the lottery.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s projected the bill will generate\u00a0$34.2 million\u00a0in annual general fund revenue by\u00a02024.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Ducey has been an early champion of sports betting. The governor\u2019s compact negotiations<\/a> with the state\u2019s tribal operators secured crucial backing for the bill from the initially hesitant tribes.<\/p>\n

Tense Negotiations<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Tribal operators are notoriously reluctant to support gambling expansion in the legislature, where it might also benefit commercial interests. That’s why one of Arizona<\/a>\u2019s previous attempts to legalize sports betting fell short.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0 tribes prefer such matters to be addressed during compact negotiations, which can be long and complex.<\/p>\n

But the timing was on Ducey\u2019s side. The compacts that gave the tribes exclusivity on casino gaming<\/a> for the past 20 years were due for renewal, making renegotiation a necessity.<\/p>\n

Ducey announced he had reached a consensus with the tribes in January. The exact details of the new compact terms have not been publicized. But the governor has said he has tentatively agreed to let them expand their casinos, including an unspecified number of new casinos in metro Phoenix.<\/p>\n

Wrecking Amendment <\/strong><\/h2>\n

The agreement cleared a path for the legislature to push the bill through. But it was held up by a logjam in a Senate committee. It then became attached to a wrecking amendment related to historical horse racing, before being disentangled from that legislation last week.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>A new tribal-state gaming compact just passed the legislature!\u201d tweeted Ducey Monday night. \u201cThe updated agreement is a win-win for Arizonans, tribal members, and sports leagues and teams. Thank you to everyone who worked to improve Arizona\u2019s gaming compact!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Arizona has 22 federally recognized tribes, 16 of which operate 24 casinos. An additional six have slot-machine rights but no casinos, so they lease their rights to other tribes that do.<\/p>\n

The 22 tribes are not expected to have to compete for the ten licenses allotted to them. Tribal leaders testified earlier this year that not every operator would pursue an online license. It\u2019s unlikely they would have agreed to compact terms that sold them short on licenses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Arizona legislature sent the state\u2019s sports betting bill to the desk of Governor Doug Ducey late Monday, where it\u2019s expected to be enthusiastically signed off by the Republican governor. The bill will create 20 betting licenses, mobile and land-based, which will be split down the middle between tribal operators and pro sports organizations. This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":170401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nArizona Legislature Passes Sports Betting, Clears Way for New Compacts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Arizona sports betting has lift off and is expected to be signed off imminently by Gov. 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