The roll of the dice.

It is back to work for statelegislators who are trying to solve problems around the county in their areas.While legalizing sportsbooks should not be considered a major problem, thereare elected officials who want to see sportsbooks coming to their states. In2020, this much is certain, there will be no discussion of legalizing sportsgambling in Utah as gambling is prohibited by law in the states constitution.Alaska, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Wyoming would have to change state law thatprohibits sports gambling. The states that have not enacted legalized sportsgambling can take up the question. Maine legislators agreed to a sports bettingbill in 2019 but Governor Janet Mills vetoed the bill. Georgia and Kentuckyelected officials are going to try and get a sports betting bill passed thisyear. A number of other states are in the same boat. Connecticut andMassachusetts lawmakers will for a third year in a row try to get a billpassed.

On the federal level, New York Democrat Chuck Schumer and Utah Republican Mitt Romney are trying to concoct a bill that could establish some federal rules for the states that have legalized sports gambling to enforce. There was an attempt in 2018 to get some federal guidelines on the books as retiring Utah Republican Orrin Hatch put forth The Sports Wagering Market Integrity Act of 2018, which would have required bookmakers to use official data that was provided or licensed by professional sports leagues in posting odds. Hatchs legislation went nowhere. Nevada got legalized sportsbooks in 1949.New York, New Jersey, Delaware, West Virginia, Rhode Island, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Montana, Oregon, New Mexico, Arkansas, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Colorado and Tennessee have various forms of sportsbooks.

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