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While the North Carolina Constitution does not give a specific end date for legislative sessions, the General Assembly is currently scheduled to adjourn on June 30, giving sports betting proponents a week to resolve any issues and get a bill \u2013 or bills \u2013 to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, who has said he would sign the bills into law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
However, Saine told reporters after Wednesday\u2019s vote that sports betting wasn\u2019t dead. Still, he did not seem too optimistic about its chances.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt could resurface depending on what happens,\u201d Saine said, according to the Associated Press<\/i>. \u201cIf not, sports wagering is going to remain an issue for the state of North Carolina because … states around us are doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The bills before the legislature would allow sports betting statewide, either online or at brick-and-mortar sportsbooks at major league sports arenas and stadiums, NASCAR tracks, and golf courses that host professional tournaments.<\/p>\n
Between 10 and 12 licenses would be available for online operators.<\/p>\n
However, rather than following states like Kansas that passed sports betting laws this year, it seems like North Carolina is on the verge of joining Missouri and Kentucky as states that failed to get over hurdles in the final days of their sessions this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Legislation to legalize sports betting in North Carolina is on the ropes after a dramatic couple of hours in the state legislature Wednesday evening. The state House of Representatives voted on two sports betting bills Wednesday. One was Senate Bill 38, which narrowly passed after a 51-50 vote. However, lawmakers also an amendment to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":218512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
NC Sports Betting in Jeopardy After Split Vote, College Betting Ban<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n