\nThis amendment will basically render the bill meaningless for the tribes. This is a tribal bill that is attempted to be hijacked by the casinos,”<\/strong> Francis concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nMobile sports betting is the preferred method of wagering for sports bettors in states where in-person and online books are permitted to operate.<\/p>\n
For example, in New Jersey, which was the richest sports betting state prior to New York authorizing mobile sportsbooks, of the $10.93 billion bet last year, $9.95 billion was wagered over the internet. That equates to 91% of the action being bet remotely within the state.<\/p>\n
2023 Passage<\/b><\/h2>\n
Maine’s sports betting market would be much smaller than New Jersey. Maine ranks No. 43 of the 50 states in population, with just 1.35 million people.<\/p>\n
But the stakes are still high for those involved. And with the Maine State Legislature set to adjourn for 2022 next Wednesday, April 20, the odds are increasingly long that sports betting will be legalized this year.<\/strong><\/p>\nMaine’s lone US neighbor — New Hampshire — is one of the more than 30 states in the nation that has legalized sports betting. Since New Hampshire does not have commercial or tribal casinos, its sports betting market is conducted mostly online. However, the state has authorized as many as 10 retail sports betting locations that the New Hampshire Lottery operates in conjunction with its sportsbook partner, DraftKings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Maine sports betting effort became cloudier this week. That’s after state Sen. Joseph Baldacci (D-Bangor) introduced an amendment to the governor’s proposed arrangement with the state’s four Native American tribes. Maine Governor Janet Mills (D) pledged to improve tribal relations with the four Wabanaki tribes after she took office in 2019. Part of that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":209524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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