Casino industry players send letters that tell lawmakers not to pass online mobile sports batting
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- Mississippi House of Representatives passed two bills, including provisions for mobile sports batting.
- Supporters argue that mobile sports can generate significant income for the state and prevent illegal batting operations.
- Opponents in the casino industry claim that it will damage existing casinos and cost jobs.
- The Senate has to decide by March 21 whether the House’s proposal is to be approved or compromised.
The House has once again sent a bill to the Senate, which will set up an online mobile sports batting program in Mississippi.
On Tuesday, the House passed two Senate bills, one actually belonging to the state’s coastal Tidlands’ boundaries and the other with a penalty for companies involved in illegal games in Mississippi. The original mobile sports batting bill of the House was embedded in both legislative pieces in the committee last week.
Both bills comfortably approved the House with the majority.
When asked about mobile sports batting in these bills, House Gaming Chairman Casey Ever, R. Sokier, told reporters last week that he wanted to continue discussing the subject and at least he was willing to sacrifice one of the actual intentions of the Senate bill.
“This is a possibility (if the Senate does not take a mobile sports batting, Tedland will not be addressed this year), but the House is positioned on mobile sports batting,” said Ever. “We’re worried about Tedlands, but at this point, it’s all about the conversation.”
The Senate Gaming Committee has not raised the mobile sports batting bill in this session.
Senate gaming chairman David Blont, D. Jackson, told Clearon Liger that the gambling industry has been divided on the issue and there are concerns around whether mobile sports batting “can put gambling bases in someone’s pocket” or not.
Clearon Liger received a letter from a group of eight players from casino bases stating that betting online sports proposed by home would hurt their business.
The letter states, “In a casino base in every person’s hands in Mississippi, without a local referendum, the extension across the gaming state does not matter, wherever they are located (home, school, church) … this is not the right vision for gaming in Mississippi.”
There has been a hot button for years between supporters and opposition supporters and opponents for the online mobile sports batting.
Ever, who has offered the House’s efforts to approve mobile sports batting, said the program could increase state income by more than 50 million millions, and could help impose illegal online sports in the state.
Opponents have repeatedly argued that the idea will endanger businesses and jobs at brick and mortar casino locations.
The Bl while and the Senate have to either send a mobile sports batting proposal sent from the House to either from the House either to the Mobile Sports Betting proposal or down or down, or send both bills to the two other legislative conferences where the Senate and the House legislature are trying to finalize the final agreement.
Grant McLaflin covers the legislature and the state government for the Clearon ledger. This can be reached to Gmclaughlin@gannett.com or 972-571-2335.
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