Gov. Janet Mills has thrown her support behind sports gambling in the state of Maine after signing a bill that enables Native American tribes in the state to launch mobile sports betting. The bill that Maine is signing has paved the way for building a vibrant sports gambling ecosystem that will help the tribes and […]
Maine Senate approved Tuesday LD585, the bill which will legalize sports betting in the state and hand the state’s tribes exclusive monopoly for mobile sports betting, confining commercial casinos to retail sportsbooks only. Mobile Sports Betting to the Tribes Following the Senate vote, LD585 will be directed towards the desk of Gov. Janet Mills to […]
Several lawmakers from Maine are attempting to prevent a compromise deal between Governor Janet Mills and state tribes. The governor’s deal would make sports betting legal in the state while allowing the Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, and Maliseet tribes to handle mobile operations. State casinos and off-track betting venues would run in-person operations if the same compromise […]
The governor of Maine, Janet Mills sparked a pretty heated dispute with a Bangor lawmaker over a compromise offer on tribal sovereignty. Back in 2020, Mills vetoed a measure on sports betting, but now, the Bangor lawmaker has accused her of subverting the effort because she would let tribes run mobile sports betting. Tribal Expansions […]
Maine is not even close to getting its sports betting up and running, and now, the state has lost another friend who could have been instrumental in seeing this matter through. A long-term champion of gambling and voting issues, Sen. Louis Luchini will now take up a position at the Small Business Administration and lose […]
Almost three weeks after Maine House voted to enact legal sports betting bill, the Senate postponed the talks, leaving LD 1352 hanging for the 130th legislative session, opening on January 5, 2022. Maine Postpones Talks on Sports Betting Legalization Twenty days after the Maine House voted to enact the legal sports wagering bill LD 1352, […]
Native Indian tribes in Maine were just one signature away from being able to open casinos on their tribal land. They were most likely already preparing the chips and cards in anticipation of the final approval, but will now need to put their gear back in storage. Maine’s governor, Janet Mills, has vetoed a legislative […]
Maine could be headed in the right direction with sports gambling. Four bills had been introduced in the current legislative session, each with their own, slightly different versions of how the market should be approached. There is now only one survivor of those four, which should help lawmakers be able to focus on pushing the […]
Maine and New York States will go their own ways in handling the novel coronavirus pandemic and the restart of the gambling industry in their respective jurisdictions. New York’s Casinos to Stay Shut for a While Longer New York has been one of the most heavily impacted states in the United States, experiencing the worst […]
The process of legalizing gambling in the US, after the Supreme Court decision to leave the final verdict to the states, faces significant road bumps ahead, shows the latest development with the State of Maine, where the state government successfully passed the required bill to allow the introduction of sports betting in the state only […]
