{"id":290,"date":"2021-05-25T01:52:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T22:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/nebraska-sports-betting-bill-passes-but-cornhusker-football-excluded\/"},"modified":"2021-05-25T01:52:59","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T22:52:59","slug":"nebraska-sports-betting-bill-passes-but-cornhusker-football-excluded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/de\/nebraska-sports-betting-bill-passes-but-cornhusker-football-excluded\/","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska Sports Betting Bill Passes, But Cornhusker Football Excluded"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_34 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Inhaltsverzeichnis<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1'><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/de\/nebraska-sports-betting-bill-passes-but-cornhusker-football-excluded\/#Cornhuskers_Prohibited\" title=\"Cornhuskers Prohibited\">Cornhuskers Prohibited<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/de\/nebraska-sports-betting-bill-passes-but-cornhusker-football-excluded\/#Fiery_Debate\" title=\"Fiery Debate\">Fiery Debate<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>Nebraska lawmakers yesterday signed off on legislation that authorizes sports betting. But odds involving state universities and colleges will not be allowed.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174307\" data-style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-174307 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5f765589402d2.image_-142x88.jpg?x38396\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5f765589402d2.image_-142x88.jpg?x38396\" alt=\"Nebraska sports betting Cornhuskers\" width=\"1200\" height=\"743\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5f765589402d2.image_.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5f765589402d2.image_-142x88.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5f765589402d2.image_-1024x634.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5f765589402d2.image_-80x50.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5f765589402d2.image_-768x476.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" data- title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-174307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5f765589402d2.image_.jpg?x38396\" alt=\"Nebraska sports betting Cornhuskers\" width=\"1200\" height=\"743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5f765589402d2.image_.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5f765589402d2.image_-142x88.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5f765589402d2.image_-1024x634.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5f765589402d2.image_-80x50.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5f765589402d2.image_-768x476.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"text-description\">The Nebraska Cornhuskers celebrate in 2019 after scoring a touchdown. Sports betting is coming to Nebraska, but there won\u2019t be odds on the Cornhuskers. (Image: <em>Omaha World-Herald<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Legislative Bill 561 passed the unicameral Nebraska Legislature 44-3-2. A companion appropriations bill did, too, by a similar tally.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Voters last fall approved a ballot referendum to allow casino <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/fonner-park-selects-development-firm-to-build-100m-casino-resort\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">gambling at horse racetracks<\/a>. The constitutional amendment legalized \u201call games of chance,\u201d leading to lawmakers in Lincoln crafting legislation to include sports betting.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>LB 561 heads to Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts\u2019 (R) desk for review. The governor has until June 2 to sign or veto the measure.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Ricketts opposed the gambling referendum, summarizing casinos as \u201ca losing bet.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cOver the years, Nebraska has decided against allowing casino gambling in the Good Life \u2014 and for good reason. By keeping Nebraska casino-free, our state has minimized the social harms associated with problem gambling,\u201d Ricketts wrote last August.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, research shows that Nebraska ranks as the fourth-least gambling-addicted state in America,\u201d the governor continued. Despite his opposition to gaming, the Republican isn\u2019t expected to go against the will of the people, in which 64.9 percent of Nebraskans backed the gaming initiatives during the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cornhuskers_Prohibited\"><\/span><b>Cornhuskers Prohibited<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There is perhaps no state more obsessed with college football than Nebraskans and their beloved Cornhuskers Big 10 program. Monday workdays across the state are often a little less perky following a Saturday loss.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to a study published in <i>The New York Times <\/i>in 2014, Nebraska ranked No. 2 behind only Alabama in \u201cThe Places in America Where College Football Means the Most.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>If Ricketts allows LB 561 to become law, sports betting will officially be legal. But the bill simply sets the framework for the State Racing and Gaming Commission to compose regulations that will govern all aspects of sports betting. That includes the application process and issuance of licenses, permit costs, and determining tax rates on associated sports betting revenue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, one regulatory condition was mandated in LB 561, and it\u2019s a big stipulation: Cornhusker football, and any sport involving a state-based university, is prohibited.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAuthorized sports event does not include an instate collegiate sporting event in which an in-state collegiate or university team is a participant,\u201d LB 561 orders.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fiery_Debate\"><\/span><b>Fiery Debate<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Not everyone in Lincoln was on board with excluding Nebraska collegiate athletics from the odds.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\">\n<p><strong>I don\u2019t like this provision. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/nebraska-iowa-ask-appeals-court-to-uproot-prairie-flower-casino\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">drive to Iowa<\/a> and place a bet and then go watch the game,\u201d<\/strong> said Sen. Adam Morfeld (D-Lincoln). <strong>\u201cIt\u2019s illogical.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks (D-Lincoln) disagreed. \u201cIf people want to go to Iowa to do that, they can,\u201d she rebutted.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Twelve states with legal sports betting do not allow wagering on in-state college teams. They are Arkansas, Delaware, Illinois, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Virginia. Washington, DC additionally prevents oddsmakers from accepting bets on colleges based in the nation\u2019s capital.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/nebraska-sports-betting-bill-passes-but-cornhusker-football-excluded\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nebraska Sports Betting Bill Passes, But Cornhusker Football Excluded<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\" target=\"_blank\">Casino.org<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nebraska lawmakers yesterday signed off on legislation that authorizes sports betting. But odds involving state universities and colleges will not be allowed.\u00a0 The Nebraska Cornhuskers celebrate in 2019 after scoring a touchdown. Sports betting is coming to Nebraska, but there won\u2019t be odds on the Cornhuskers. 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