{"id":78220,"date":"2018-05-21T13:00:26","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T20:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=78220"},"modified":"2018-05-21T12:47:58","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T19:47:58","slug":"connecticut-plans-special-session-to-fast-track-sports-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/connecticut-plans-special-session-to-fast-track-sports-betting\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecticut Plans Special Session to Fast-Track Sports Betting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy said this week that \u201cthe world has changed\u201d since the US Supreme Court struck down PASPA, paving the way for state-sanctioned sports betting.<\/p>\n

\"Dannel
Dannel Malloy believes Connecticut\u2019s casino sector can gain an edge on Massachusetts and other neighbors if it fast-tracks sports betting, but the states\u2019 only two casino operators are standing in the way. (Image: Mass Live)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Malloy said he would talk with lawmakers on Wednesday with a view to organizing a special session to try to get a sports betting bill passed. He told the Associated Press<\/em> that Connecticut \u201cmust do something\u201d and \u201cas quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Connecticut lawmakers tried but failed to “do something” in the 2018 legislative session, when time ran out before a bill to develop a framework of regulation could be agreed. The sticking point was the states\u2019 two federally recognized tribes\u2019 assertion that sports betting is a \u201ccasino game\u201d on which they would hold exclusivity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

But if sports betting is legalized in Connecticut, the state lottery would like a piece of it, as would the state\u2019s dozen or so off-track betting operators. Lawmakers, though, are anxious this could endanger the revenue-share agreement with the tribes that\u2019s worth around $250 million a year.<\/p>\n

Is Sports Betting a Casino Game?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The jury\u2019s out on whether sports betting is purely a casino game. The tribes point to Nevada, where regulated sports betting is only permitted at casino sports books, but this argument may hold less water when the West Virginia State Lottery begins offering sports betting via online apps, as planned.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile,\u00a0State Attorney General George Jepsen\u00a0has described sports betting\u2019s classification as an \u201copen question,\u201d suggesting it will be difficult for the tribes to prove it is indisputably a casino game.<\/p>\n

At a press briefing in early May, House Majority Leader Matthew Ritter (D-Hartford), said the tribes\u2019 argument lacked credibility because “when the compact was signed, there was no sports gaming in Connecticut.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was never contemplated, the specific words were never used, and here we are 26 years later and they\u2019re raising it for the first time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Strike While the Iron\u2019s Hot<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Now PASPA has been repealed, the sense of urgency in the legislature may stem from Massachusetts’ dawdling on the issue.<\/p>\n

Connecticut\u2019s casino sector has been threatened by the construction of the $950 million MGM Springfield<\/a> on its northern border with Massachusetts. So much so that it passed a law that permitted the tribes to build an off-reservation satellite casino<\/a> on the other side of the border, in a bid to deflect competition.<\/p>\n

But Massachusetts State Representative\u00a0Solomon Goldstein-Rose (3rd Hampshire) of Amherst\u00a0told the press last week that Massachusetts would be taking a softly-softly approach to sports betting.<\/p>\n

“I think it\u2019s something the Legislature is going to look at,\u201d said the Massachusetts lawmaker. \u201cI know the speaker, the Senate president and the governor have all said it\u2019s something they\u2019re interested in and, in Massachusetts Legislature-style, want to move very slowly and deliberately on.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Suddenly, the tribes have a chance to gain a temporary edge on MGM, but, as Malloy says, the state needs to act quickly, and the tribes would be foolish to stand in its way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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