primarily benefit athletics<\/a> at North Carolina’s colleges and universities. After the state Lottery Commission covers its regulatory costs and sets aside $2 million for problem gambling programs, the sports wagering tax money will go to 13 university athletics programs. Each school will receive the same amount, up to $300K annually.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe schools include Appalachian State University, East Carolina University, Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, North Carolina Central University, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Charlotte, Greensboro, Pembroke, and Wilmington, Western Carolina University, and Winston-Salem State University.<\/p>\n
North Carolina’s legislative fiscal analysts expect the state to receive $70 million annually after the state sports betting industry matures. After the school payouts, the remaining taxes will go to North Carolina’s Outdoor Heritage Advisory Council to provide sports-related grants for youth sports.<\/p>\n
Player Props Allowed<\/b><\/h2>\n
Much to the chagrin of the NCAA, North Carolina’s sports betting regulations don’t prohibit player props involving college athletes.<\/p>\n
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NCAA President Charlie Baker has asked the few remaining states that allow oddsmakers to take bets on a student-athlete’s individual performance to forbid such wagers. Many college athletes have reported being harassed online and verbally abused.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Ohio adhered to Baker’s plea last month<\/a> and ordered its retail and online sportsbooks to cease allowing such bets. With Ohio’s exit from college player props and North Carolina’s arrival, just five states and Washington, D.C., allow the wagers. Along with North Carolina, they are Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, and Wyoming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North Carolina sports betting starts online on March 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":312569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86436,1074],"tags":[90055,89331,83861,83858,82114,85409,80968,82775,90054,89332],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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