{"id":290182,"date":"2023-09-18T16:04:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T21:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=290182"},"modified":"2023-09-19T18:53:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T23:53:51","slug":"north-carolina-gop-unveils-new-casino-bill-after-budget-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/north-carolina-gop-unveils-new-casino-bill-after-budget-fail\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina GOP Unveils Standalone Casino Bill After Budget Fail"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new draft bill outlining proposed North Carolina casino expansion<\/a> would authorize the creation of four casino licenses in the state, CBS17 reports.<\/p>\n

\"Caption
North Carolina Republican Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, above, isn\u2019t backing down over casinos, despite controversy over his efforts to insert the issue into the budget. (Image: WUNC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the new licenses will be reserved for the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, which is recognized by the state but not the federal government. It cannot organize gaming under the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA).<\/p>\n

The other licenses would be earmarked for \u201crural counties on the state border and along major transportation corridors,\u201d according to the bill.<\/strong><\/p>\n

North Carolina Republicans behind the push have previously mentioned Anson, Rockingham<\/a>, and Nash counties as likely casino hosts. Communities in these regions have pushed back<\/a>, and the new bill does not mention possible locations.<\/p>\n

Currently, three casinos in North Carolina are owned by two federally recognized tribes.<\/p>\n

Budget Botch<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The new draft comes after Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) failed to tag<\/a> its previous incarnation onto the state\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n

There was consternation in Raleigh<\/a> last week that disagreement over the casino issue was holding up the $30 billion spending plan, which should have been approved in July.<\/p>\n

\n

The new bill is similar to Berger\u2019s previous effort, which was the template for the budget proposal. However, as CBS17 notes, the previous bill, oddly, would have allowed just one company to run the three supposed casinos on nontribal lands. The new version would open the process to different developers while retaining the possibility that one could still run all three.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The purpose is to \u201cencourage and promote tourism in rural counties,\u201d according to its authors, who describe gaming as a \u201cnew and expanding component of the tourism industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

“As many contiguous states allow gaming, those industry business opportunities and employment opportunities are being lost to this State,\u201d<\/strong> the legislation asserts.<\/p>\n

Under the bill, prospective licensees would need to get local officials and residents from proposed host communities on board before submitting a plan to the state\u2019s Secretary of Administration for approval.<\/p>\n

Tide Turning <\/strong><\/h2>\n

North Carolina has traditionally been a conservative state when it comes to gambling. It was the last state on the Eastern Seaboard to establish a lottery, and it was reluctant to accept tribal casinos after the passage of IGRA. Despite hosting one harness racetrack, pari-mutuel betting on horse racing was illegal until this year.<\/p>\n

But the tide has been turning. In 2021, the tribes negotiated in-person sports betting at their casinos in the west of the state. In June 2023, Gov. Roy Cooper (D) legalized mobile and land-based sports betting — as well as pari-mutuel race betting — although the new market won\u2019t be up and running until early 2024.<\/p>\n

Existing tribal operators will strongly oppose casino expansion, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the South Carolina-based Catawba Nation, and conservative and religious groups.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A separate, bipartisan bill that combines the casino issue with a Medicaid expansion measure is scheduled to be debated later this week.<\/p>\n

In a statement Saturday, Gov. Cooper denounced the effort as \u201cthe most brutally dishonest legislative scheme I\u2019ve seen in my three-plus decades.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are right to be suspicious,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new draft bill outlining proposed North Carolina casino expansion would authorize the creation of four casino licenses in the state, CBS17 reports. One of the new licenses will be reserved for the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, which is recognized by the state but not the federal government. It cannot organize gaming under the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":290198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13,61],"tags":[88034,88033,87126],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNorth Carolina GOP Unveils New Casino Bill After Budget Fail<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"North Carolina casino push is back after state Republicans reveal standalone bill that would legalize commercial casinos in the state.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/north-carolina-gop-unveils-new-casino-bill-after-budget-fail\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"North Carolina GOP Unveils New Casino Bill After Budget Fail\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"North Carolina casino push is back after state Republicans reveal standalone bill that would legalize commercial casinos in the state.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/north-carolina-gop-unveils-new-casino-bill-after-budget-fail\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-18T21:04:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-19T23:53:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/berger-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgphilc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/north-carolina-gop-unveils-new-casino-bill-after-budget-fail\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/north-carolina-gop-unveils-new-casino-bill-after-budget-fail\/\",\"name\":\"North Carolina GOP Unveils New Casino Bill After Budget Fail\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/north-carolina-gop-unveils-new-casino-bill-after-budget-fail\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/north-carolina-gop-unveils-new-casino-bill-after-budget-fail\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/berger-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-18T21:04:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-19T23:53:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\"},\"description\":\"North Carolina casino push is back after state Republicans reveal standalone bill that would legalize commercial casinos in the state.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/north-carolina-gop-unveils-new-casino-bill-after-budget-fail\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/north-carolina-gop-unveils-new-casino-bill-after-budget-fail\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/north-carolina-gop-unveils-new-casino-bill-after-budget-fail\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/berger-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/berger-2.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675,\"caption\":\"Republican Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, above, isn\u2019t backing down over casinos, despite controversy over his efforts to insert the issue into the budget. (Image: WUNC)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/north-carolina-gop-unveils-new-casino-bill-after-budget-fail\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Commercial Gaming\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/commercial-gaming\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"North Carolina GOP Unveils Standalone Casino Bill After Budget Fail\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Casino.org\",\"description\":\"Latest Casino and Gaming News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\",\"name\":\"Philip Conneller\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Philip Conneller\"},\"description\":\"In Philip Conneller\u2019s eight years with Casino.org, he has covered the gaming industry from Las Vegas to Macau and everything in between. He currently focuses his coverage on gaming law, white-collar crime, global money laundering, tribal gaming, politics, and regulation. Philip was the original features editor for poker\u2019s Bluff Magazine and editor for Bluff Europe, which he helped launch. His writing has also been featured in ESPN, Forbes, Time Out, The Sun, and The Daily Star, as well as iGaming Business, eGaming Review, and numerous other industry news and tech websites. His news stories for Casino.org\/news have been linked by The Washington Post, The Daily Mail, People Magazine, and Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show, among many others. Philip once won $20,000 with 7-2 off-suit. He has been reprimanded for unwittingly playing Elton John\u2019s piano on two separate occasions on both sides of the Atlantic. He became a writer because he is a lousy pianist. Philip lives outside London with his wife and children, where he spends his time agonizing about Arsenal FC. Contact Philip at philip.conneller@casino.org.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/philip-conneller\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/philip-conneller-1495a48\/?originalSubdomain=uk\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgphilc\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/phillip-conneller\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"North Carolina GOP Unveils New Casino Bill After Budget Fail","description":"North Carolina casino push is back after state Republicans reveal standalone bill that would legalize commercial casinos in the state.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/north-carolina-gop-unveils-new-casino-bill-after-budget-fail\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"North Carolina GOP Unveils New Casino Bill After Budget Fail","og_description":"North Carolina casino push is back after state Republicans reveal standalone bill that would legalize commercial casinos in the state.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/north-carolina-gop-unveils-new-casino-bill-after-budget-fail\/","og_site_name":"Casino.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews","article_published_time":"2023-09-18T21:04:22+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-09-19T23:53:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/berger-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Philip Conneller","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@casinoorgphilc","twitter_site":"@Casino_Org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Philip Conneller","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/north-carolina-gop-unveils-new-casino-bill-after-budget-fail\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/north-carolina-gop-unveils-new-casino-bill-after-budget-fail\/","name":"North Carolina GOP Unveils New Casino Bill After Budget Fail","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/north-carolina-gop-unveils-new-casino-bill-after-budget-fail\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/north-carolina-gop-unveils-new-casino-bill-after-budget-fail\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/berger-2.jpg","datePublished":"2023-09-18T21:04:22+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-19T23:53:51+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b"},"description":"North Carolina casino push is back after state Republicans reveal standalone bill that would legalize commercial casinos in the state.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/north-carolina-gop-unveils-new-casino-bill-after-budget-fail\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/north-carolina-gop-unveils-new-casino-bill-after-budget-fail\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/north-carolina-gop-unveils-new-casino-bill-after-budget-fail\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/berger-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/berger-2.jpg","width":1200,"height":675,"caption":"Republican Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, above, isn\u2019t backing down over casinos, despite controversy over his efforts to insert the issue into the budget. (Image: WUNC)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/north-carolina-gop-unveils-new-casino-bill-after-budget-fail\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Commercial Gaming","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/commercial-gaming\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"North Carolina GOP Unveils Standalone Casino Bill After Budget Fail"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/","name":"Casino.org","description":"Latest Casino and Gaming News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b","name":"Philip Conneller","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png","caption":"Philip Conneller"},"description":"In Philip Conneller\u2019s eight years with Casino.org, he has covered the gaming industry from Las Vegas to Macau and everything in between. He currently focuses his coverage on gaming law, white-collar crime, global money laundering, tribal gaming, politics, and regulation. Philip was the original features editor for poker\u2019s Bluff Magazine and editor for Bluff Europe, which he helped launch. His writing has also been featured in ESPN, Forbes, Time Out, The Sun, and The Daily Star, as well as iGaming Business, eGaming Review, and numerous other industry news and tech websites. His news stories for Casino.org\/news have been linked by The Washington Post, The Daily Mail, People Magazine, and Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show, among many others. Philip once won $20,000 with 7-2 off-suit. He has been reprimanded for unwittingly playing Elton John\u2019s piano on two separate occasions on both sides of the Atlantic. He became a writer because he is a lousy pianist. Philip lives outside London with his wife and children, where he spends his time agonizing about Arsenal FC. Contact Philip at philip.conneller@casino.org.","sameAs":["https:\/\/muckrack.com\/philip-conneller","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/philip-conneller-1495a48\/?originalSubdomain=uk","https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgphilc"],"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/phillip-conneller\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290182"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290182"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":290446,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290182\/revisions\/290446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}