Legislation was passed in June to allow sports gambling, though in-state collegiate games will be off-limits under the new law. But on March 6, 2023, the Georgia Senate voted down multiple bills that would legalize sports betting in Georgia and the House failed to get legislation of their own voted on before the deadline for new bills passed.Ī bill was proposed in January of 2019 that would've allowed for the regulation of sports gambling through a newly-established corporation, but the bill was denied. How long customers will be allowed to bet legally in the state is uncertain.Ī group of Georgia lawmakers filed bills in January 2023 that would have legalized Georgia sports betting in the Peach State and wouldn't have needed to be voted on by Georgia residents. Since then, an urgent request has been filed to shut down mobile sports betting in the state. After a series of hearings, the tribe was allowed to continue and announced a limited 'test' of Hard Rock Bet in early-November to Florida customers. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the decision that had blocked regulated sports betting in the state. Sports betting in Florida was legalized for only three weeks in 2021 before a judge ruled that an agreement between the Seminole Tribe and the state of Florida was illegal. A new entrant, Fanatics Sportsbook, also launched in 2023 and is now available in Kentucky, Ohio, Massachusetts, Maryland and Tennessee. North Carolina is planning on instituting online and mobile sports bets in early-2024 as they recently passed legislation permitting wagering to eventually be made in the state.Īcross the country there are a range of top sports betting apps available in many states including FanDuel, DraftKings, BetMGM, Caesars and bet365. The current top-10 in all-time betting handle are: New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Indiana, Michigan, Virginia, and Arizona. More than 30 states have passed legislation to enable USA sports betting.

In 2018, after the Supreme Court struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), each state now has the opportunity to create and enforce its own sports betting laws. Sports betting continues to be legalized in states across the country, as Florida and Maine most recently have allowed customers to begin wagering in those states.

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