Kentucky legislators favours sports betting

The lawmakers in Kentucky have upped the ante for their push to sports betting legal in the state, following the US Supreme Court’s recent repeal of Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA).

The Supreme Court decision would allow each state to make its own legislation about sports betting. Kentucky was one of the first states to start work to legalise sports betting beyond horse racing.

Republican Rep. Jason Nemes said that he believes the state “ought not to be involved in how I spend my entertainment dollars,” and added: “I don’t think it can pass with either party standing alone. We need to come together to get this thing passed, and I think we will.”

Rep. Nemes is part of the nine-lawmaker panel created to push for the segment’s regulation next to: John Sims (D-Flemingsburg), Diane St. Onge (R-Fort Wright), Kim Moser (R-Taylor Mill), George Brown (D-Lexington) and Dean Schamore (D-Hardinsburg) and three Senators; Julie Raque Adams (R-Louisville), McGarvey and Julian Carroll (D-Frankfort).

“We have to act on it quickly,” said Sen. Morgan McGarvey, who stated that Kentucky’s authorities “cannot put our heads in the sand and be the last state to do this” and added: “I think we need to get in front of this and set up the responsible framework here, because the rest of the country is already doing it.”

Source: FocusGamingNews