{"id":1068,"date":"2024-01-12T11:12:57","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T08:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/sports-betting-in-georgia-sees-2024-bring-another-push\/"},"modified":"2024-01-12T11:12:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T08:12:57","slug":"sports-betting-in-georgia-sees-2024-bring-another-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/nb\/sports-betting-in-georgia-sees-2024-bring-another-push\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Betting in Georgia Sees 2024 Bring Another Push"},"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\">Innholdsfortegnelse<\/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\/nb\/sports-betting-in-georgia-sees-2024-bring-another-push\/#State_of_Play_in_Georgia\" title=\"State of Play in Georgia\">State of Play in Georgia<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/nb\/sports-betting-in-georgia-sees-2024-bring-another-push\/#Proposals_Paths_and_Opposition\" title=\"Proposals, Paths, and Opposition\">Proposals, Paths, and Opposition<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>On the second day of the 2024 legislative session, Georgia State Senators began another attempt to legalize sports betting.<\/p>\n<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-267010\" data-style=\"width: 858px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"size-post-thumbnail-858xAUTO wp-image-267010\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3000-858x572.jpg\" alt=\"Georgia sports betting bill referendum resolution\" width=\"858\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3000-858x572.jpg 858w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3000-430x287.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3000-302x200.jpg 302w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3000-238x158.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3000-194x128.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3000.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"text-description\">Georgia House lawmakers throw paper at the conclusion of their 2023 legislative session on March 29, 2023. Georgia sports betting didn\u2019t find adequate support in the General Assembly last year, but lawmakers are expected to take up the issue again in 2024. (Image: <em>AP<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Senate Regulated Industries Committee advanced <a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/GA\/bill\/SB172\/2023\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Senate Bill 172<\/a> by an 8-4 vote. The measure now goes to the full Senate for more debate. SB 172 would allow sports betting in the Peach State with the aid of a constitutional amendment and set up a gaming commission to regulate the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Cowsert (R-Athens) is the bill\u2019s sponsor and said he believes there will be a \u201cpush\u201d from some constituents.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\">\n<p><strong>And I just think it may be time and I certainly wanted us to address the issue this year, list, decide it once and for all, and move on.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In 2023, several bills failed that aimed to legalize sports betting, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/georgia-sports-betting-bills-fail-pass-before-2023-deadline\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">online and <\/a>in-person at sportsbook kiosks.<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 legislative session is the sixth consecutive term with at least one bill aimed at gaming expansion on the docket in either chamber.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"State_of_Play_in_Georgia\"><\/span>State of Play in Georgia<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>SB 172 doesn\u2019t legalize sports betting on its own. Lawmakers must draft another proposed constitutional amendment, which would then require approval by two-thirds of the House and the Senate, and approval from Georgia voters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sen. Cowsert said an amendment is needed because Georgia voters approved a lottery in 1992 when sports bets could only be placed in-person in a Nevada casino.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no way that was contemplated when the voters allowed lotteries, in my opinion,\u201d Cowsert said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>The Georgia constitution currently prohibits gambling. Cowsert said he believes legalizing sports betting through a constitutional amendment will reduce legal issues around the law if it passes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As reported previously by <em>Casino.org<\/em>, former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold Melton wrote in an opinion last year that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/georgia-sports-betting-hold-2024-lawmakers-stall-gaming-expansion\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sports betting doesn\u2019t require a constitutional amendment.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Proposals_Paths_and_Opposition\"><\/span>Proposals, Paths, and Opposition<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>After the former Chief Justice\u2019s opinion, and the rejection of bills to legalize sports betting last year, the search for other paths toward legalized sports betting intensified.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>One potential option was for the Assembly to deem sports gambling as a lottery, and allow the Georgia Lottery to regulate online sportsbooks. The legislative bar for that approach is slightly lower, needing only simple majority support in the House and Senate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>State Sen. Brandon Beach (R-Alpharetta) said in December he<a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/georgia-lawmaker-pursues-sports-betting-casinos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> plans to introduce such legislation<\/a>. Sen. Beach wants to bring three casino resorts, a pari-mutuel race track, and mobile sportsbooks to the state.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There are differing opinions on destinations for gambling proceeds. Many Democrats want sports betting to fund needs-based college scholarships. Many Republicans, on the other hand, oppose the passage of sports betting on moral grounds.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Currently, 38 states and the District of Columbia allow some form of sports betting.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/2024-brings-another-push-for-sports-betting-in-georgia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sports Betting in Georgia Sees 2024 Bring Another Push<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Casino.org<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the second day of the 2024 legislative session, Georgia State Senators began another attempt to legalize sports betting. Georgia House lawmakers throw paper at the conclusion of their 2023 legislative session on March 29, 2023. Georgia sports betting didn\u2019t find adequate support in the General Assembly last year, but lawmakers are expected to take <a href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/nb\/sports-betting-in-georgia-sees-2024-bring-another-push\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}