{"id":1579768,"date":"2024-04-29T11:44:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T15:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1579768"},"modified":"2024-04-29T11:44:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T15:44:24","slug":"mississippi-online-sports-betting-stays-alive-with-hb774","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/mississippi-online-sports-betting-stays-alive-with-hb774\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi Online Sports Betting Stays Alive With HB774"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online sports betting in Mississippi remains active as legislation advanced House Bill 774 for a final bill in a conference committee.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The conference could come the week of April 22, according to an industry source that informed Legal Sports Report.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>House version of HP-774 would have allowed casinos in the Magnolia State to offer online sports wagering<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the legislative session ends May 5, last Thursday was the Senate\u2019s deadline to act on House bills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The initial House version of the bill would have allowed Mississippi\u2019s 30 casinos to offer statewide online sports betting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The House passed the initial online sports betting bill on Feb. 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;There is no new language,\u201d said Sen. David Blount, chairman of the chamber\u2019s gaming committee, last week. \u201cI anticipate the House will invite conference when we send this back over to them.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on the House proposal, each of the 30 casinos could partner with one <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/sports-betting\/\">online sportsbook<\/a>. The state would tax online sports betting revenue at 12%.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Mississippi is one of 20 states without any legalized forms of online sports betting<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the Senate <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">approved a version of HB-774 that contains no online sports betting-related provisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2023, legislators amended an online sports betting bill to create a Mobile Online Sports Betting Task Force.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The task force investigated this problem last fall. Rep. Casey Eure used the discussions to create his bill this session.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the moment, the Magnolia State is one of 20 without any legalization of mobile wagering. For the time being, patrons can only place bets on site of the brick-and-mortar casinos.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mississippi legalized in-person sportsbooks and apps on casino property in 2018. Mississippi became the fourth state with active legal sports betting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also became the third to launch following the Supreme Court\u2018s repeal of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) of 1992 in May.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While wagering on sports was already illegal at the time, PASPA banned states from regulating and taxing gambling. 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