Mississippi will not be getting mobile sports betting in 2022.<\/p>\n
Four bills that would have legalized online Mississippi sports betting in the state died in committeeTuesday.<\/p>\n
The bills were introduced throughout January but none made it to a vote, even as mobile Louisiana sports betting launched last week.<\/p>\n
Rep. Casey Eure, chairman of the MS House Gaming Committee, said last week the bills faced opposition from five local casino operators.<\/p>\n
Eure told local news that the casinos were still looking at mobile betting down the road, despite the opposition this year.<\/p>\n
I think theyre all working toward it, Eure said.<\/p>\n
Lobbyist John Pappas highlighted what faces Mississippi moving forward:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Mississippi casinos have had betting since 2018 but on-property only. The 2022 bills had some concessions to land-based operators, but apparently not enough.<\/p>\n
One of the bills called for in-person registration for online accounts. It also called for accounts to be renewed in-person every 12 months. That would have been the first requirement of its kind in the US.<\/p>\n
Another had similar language but without the in-person signup requirement.<\/p>\n
MS casinos may feel differently next year if they see their retail betting handle start to drop. And that looks likely given the growing competition in the region.<\/p>\n
When Mississippi launched legal betting August 2018, none of its border states offered betting, which meant those retail casinos were busy, especially with folks coming from Louisiana.<\/p>\n
But sports betting in Louisiana is now legal and booming. <\/p>\n
Six sportsbooks went live in LA at the end of January. The sportsbooks are:<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Arkansas launched retail betting in July 2019 and is in the process of approving mobile AR sports betting.<\/p>\n
Betting in Tennessee launched in November 2020 with mobile-only sportsbooks. That leaves Alabama to the east with no betting, but that could change this year as well.<\/p>\n
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