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New Wisconsin Assembly advances Tribal-controlled statewide mobile sports betting plan

ReadWrite·@SuswatiBasu·2 months ago
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The Wisconsin State Assembly has signed off on Assembly Bill 601, pushing forward a plan that would allow mobile or online sports betting across the state under a structure run by federally recognized Native American tribes. The vote sends the proposal to the State Senate, showing the clearest momentum yet for supporters who want to bring regulated online wagering to Wisconsin. At the time of writing, anyone placing a sports bet outside tribal land risks a Class B misdemeanor. This has kept most mobile wagering effectively off-limits. AB 601 aims to change that by carving out a narrow exception in state law. Lawmakers propose removing certain online sports wagers from the definition of a “bet,” so long as those wagers are routed through servers physically located on tribal land and authorized under updated gaming compacts between the tribes and the state. https://twitter.com/JasonCalvi/status/2024579065001230585/ Backers say the setup follows the “hub-and-spoke” model used elsewhere, including in Florida.…

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