Casino.org<\/em> Tuesday night the regulatory body treats rejected requests from sportsbooks as confidential.<\/p>\n“The IGC is not interested in approving wagers on elections at this time,” she added.<\/p>\n
A message to the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement was not returned Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n
Other states, including Nevada, Iowa, and New Hampshire, would require their legislatures to either amend their current laws or enact new ones to allow books to accept wagers on elections.<\/p>\n
Legislator Says Political Betting Legal<\/h2>\n
Sports betting Twitter took turns between being elated that a state finally jumped into the political waters to being concerned that it might encourage federal oversight into sports betting.<\/p>\n
There was also some discussion whether West Virginia\u2019s law would allow betting on elections. However, one state lawmaker, and one of the state’s most ardent supporters of sports betting, said that offering political betting could help the state\u2019s sportsbooks draw people from places like Pennsylvania and Washington, DC.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe the language of our legislation allows for it, and I was hoping we would offer it before New Jersey,\u201d <\/strong>state Del. Shawn Fluharty (D-Wheeling) said in a text message to Casino.org<\/em>. \u201cRegardless of whether it goes live now or not, that\u2019s clearly the direction the market is trending. And (American elections are) certainly already being bet on illegally in the US and legally in Europe.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\nDraftKings ‘Excited’ About Opportunity<\/h2>\n
FanDuel is one of three online sportsbooks licensed in West Virginia, along with DraftKings and BetMGM. The Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races has its own retail sportsbook, and Mountaineer Park (William Hill) and Wheeling Island and Mardi Gras casinos (Betly) have brick-and-mortar establishments as well.<\/p>\n
The retail venues, however, are currently closed by the COVID-19 outbreak.<\/p>\n
In a statement to Casino.org<\/em>, Matt Kalish, DraftKings president of North American operations, said the company was \u201cexcited\u201d about the potential to offer odds on political races.<\/p>\nHowever, he added, \u201cWe are taking the time to ensure we evaluate the opportunity thoroughly before posting any lines.\u201d<\/p>\n
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It was a moment for US sports betting history that may be its equivalent to the Bush-Gore presidential election of 2000. On Tuesday, West Virginia seemed to become the first US state to allow wagering on political elections, only to pull back moments later after state officials said they needed to review the matter. For […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":132438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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