“We talk constantly with these other agencies and the model we are after is the Nevada model.” We’ve had staff in Nevada, we’ve had them in New Jersey,” said Godfrey. State gaming commissioner Allen Godfery told Reuters last week that, as a completely new vertical, preparations for sports betting had been a pure “learning curve” and many casinos were still building their sports books and working on compliance issues. Mississippi has been eager to gain early-mover kudos on sports betting but missed its deadline to launch on June 22. Boyd also expects to quickly follow suit at IP Casino and Sam’s Town.Ĭaesars launched sports betting in New Jersey today (Tuesday, July 31), at Bally’s Wild Wild West in Atlantic City, and expects to launch at Harrahs Atlantic City tomorrow. The news comes as Caesars Entertainment announced that its Horseshoe Tunica and Harrah’s Gulf Coast facilities would have sports books up and running by mid-August. Initially, sports betting in Mississippi will be land-based only, although lawmakers have included provisions for mobile betting provided it takes place on casino premises. Mississippi will become the US third state, after Delaware and New Jersey, to offer sports betting since the demise of PASPA, the 1992 federal law that prohibited states from legalizing and regulating the market within their borders. MGM’s Beau Rivage (pictured) and Gold Strike will begin taking wagers from tomorrow. When it comes to guessing who will be first into Mississippi’s sports betting market, the bets are off - or rather, they’re on. Sports betting will arrive in Mississippi on Wednesday, as two MGM properties, the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi and Gold Strike Casino Resort in Tunica, begin taking the state’s first ever legally licensed and taxed sports book wagers at noon CT. Gaming Business, Regulation, Tribal Gaming.
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