![]() ![]() I think that is a huge benefit in our society,” Senate leader Phil Berger of Rockingham County, told reporters after the vote. “We allow free people to make decisions for themselves as to what they want to do with their resources. Bill sponsors said other sports gambling is already happening underground and that regulating and taxing it is the best way to control it. Legal sports gambling in North Carolina is only available right now at three casinos operated by two American Indian tribes. As the ninth-largest state, North Carolina is considered a profit source for wagering operators and pro sports franchises that could also stand to benefit. The competing versions would direct the state Lottery Commission to issue a limited number of licenses to entities that could sign up bettors, who would create online accounts to wager from mobile phones or computers on professional, college and Olympic-type athletics.Ībout half of the states in the U.S. The margin in support of sports wagering is more precarious in the House than in the Senate, where hefty Democratic and Republican majorities voted Wednesday for the legislation. But House Speaker Tim Moore of Cleveland County told reporters it was likely the House would negotiate a compromise agreement with Senate leaders. Jason Saine, a Lincoln County Republican and chief sponsor of the House bill said in a text that he would recommend to the full chamber that it accept the Senate version. ![]()
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