Mobile Sports Betting Bill Dies in Mississippi Legislature after Deadline Missed
It looks like it’s all over in Mississippi.
The main legislative vehicle that tried to bring statewide mobile sports betting to the Magnolia State is dead after lawmakers failed to find agreement on compromise legislation and missed a key deadline.
A conference committee formed to find that common ground did not file a report for House Bill 774 by Monday, the last day for those efforts. H.B. 774 is now labeled as "dead" on the Mississippi legislature website, and the same is likely true for the prospects of legalizing online sports betting this year in the southern state.
The failed attempt follows disagreement in the legislature. The bill began as a mobile sports and race betting measure and was passed by the House of Representatives in early February but it stalled in the Senate. Senators then removed all of the online wagering provisions in a bid, one lawmaker said, to keep discussions on the legislation going.
Well, looks like the best shot at legalizing statewide online sports betting in Mississippi this year is dead, as lawmakers failed to reach a compromise on House Bill 774 before Monday's deadline:https://t.co/oMu6pmMe00 pic.twitter.com/AIO20XSeIj
A conference committee was then formed earlier this month to fashion a bill that would earn the approval of three-fifths of lawmakers, albeit all for naught, ultimately. The southern state’s legislature is scheduled to adjourn on May 5.
Sports betting in Mississippi is still legal, but only on the property of a brick-and-mortar casino. Mobile apps are available for wagering on some of those properties, and there are nearly 30 casinos in the southern state, but they do not accept action from anywhere else but at and around those facilities.
It looks like it’s all over in Mississippi.
The main legislative vehicle that tried to bring statewide mobile sports betting to the Magnolia State is dead after lawmakers failed to find agreement on compromise legislation and missed a key deadline.
A conference committee formed to find that common ground did not file a report for House Bill 774 by Monday, the last day for those efforts. H.B. 774 is now labeled as "dead" on the Mississippi legislature website, and the same is likely true for the prospects of legalizing online sports betting this year in the southern state.
The failed attempt follows disagreement in the legislature. The bill began as a mobile sports and race betting measure and was passed by the House of Representatives in early February but it stalled in the Senate. Senators then removed all of the online wagering provisions in a bid, one lawmaker said, to keep discussions on the legislation going.
Well, looks like the best shot at legalizing statewide online sports betting in Mississippi this year is dead, as lawmakers failed to reach a compromise on House Bill 774 before Monday's deadline:https://t.co/oMu6pmMe00 pic.twitter.com/AIO20XSeIj
A conference committee was then formed earlier this month to fashion a bill that would earn the approval of three-fifths of lawmakers, albeit all for naught, ultimately. The southern state’s legislature is scheduled to adjourn on May 5.
Sports betting in Mississippi is still legal, but only on the property of a brick-and-mortar casino. Mobile apps are available for wagering on some of those properties, and there are nearly 30 casinos in the southern state, but they do not accept action from anywhere else but at and around those facilities.