After years of unsuccessful legislative efforts, the odds of online sports betting being legalized in North Carolina are good after the General Assembly signed off on a gaming expansion measure that seeks to allow internet sportsbooks in the Tar Heel State.
North Carolina is already home to in-person sportsbooks by way of its three tribal casinos. Those resorts are located in rather remote areas in the southwestern part of the state and in the mountainous region west of Charlotte.
On Wednesday, the North Carolina House of Representatives approved the Senate’s changes to House Bill 347. The 69-44 vote in favor of the upper chamber’s amendments to the bill the House passed in March now heads to Gov. Roy Cooper’s (D) desk. The governor in his second and final term is expected to sign the statute.
North Carolina is already home to in-person sportsbooks by way of its three tribal casinos. Those resorts are located in rather remote areas in the southwestern part of the state and in the mountainous region west of Charlotte.
On Wednesday, the North Carolina House of Representatives approved the Senate’s changes to House Bill 347. The 69-44 vote in favor of the upper chamber’s amendments to the bill the House passed in March now heads to Gov. Roy Cooper’s (D) desk. The governor in his second and final term is expected to sign the statute.
