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Rep. Cedric Burnett filed HB 172, which would legalize full online and mobile MS Sports Betting. The bill is similar to last year’s HB 1481, which died after it failed to advance out of committee. This year’s bill has yet to be heard in the Gaming Committee.
Mississippi launched Sports Betting in August 2018 under a subtle change in a 2017 DFS law but restricted betting to on-property. That could include limited mobile if the casinos desired, but the mobile app would only work while bettors are physically at the casino.
To date, no casino has launched an app, Allen Godfrey, the executive director of the Mississippi Gaming Commission, told the Biloxi Sun-Herald. Godfrey mentioned the apps being costly to launch, especially when customers are already at the casino.
Burnett’s bill would allow any licensed casino to launch an online MS Sports Betting platform.
That could lead to a pretty robust online Mississippi Sports Betting market. The Mississippi Gaming Commission lists 24 current casino licensees.
Mobile sports bets would be taxed at 6% of revenue when operators report revenue of more than $134,000 in a month. Retail Sports Betting is typically taxed at 12%, 8% to the state and 4% to the casino’s local government.
Rep. Cedric Burnett filed HB 172, which would legalize full online and mobile MS Sports Betting. The bill is similar to last year’s HB 1481, which died after it failed to advance out of committee. This year’s bill has yet to be heard in the Gaming Committee.
Mississippi launched Sports Betting in August 2018 under a subtle change in a 2017 DFS law but restricted betting to on-property. That could include limited mobile if the casinos desired, but the mobile app would only work while bettors are physically at the casino.
To date, no casino has launched an app, Allen Godfrey, the executive director of the Mississippi Gaming Commission, told the Biloxi Sun-Herald. Godfrey mentioned the apps being costly to launch, especially when customers are already at the casino.
Burnett’s bill would allow any licensed casino to launch an online MS Sports Betting platform.
That could lead to a pretty robust online Mississippi Sports Betting market. The Mississippi Gaming Commission lists 24 current casino licensees.
Mobile sports bets would be taxed at 6% of revenue when operators report revenue of more than $134,000 in a month. Retail Sports Betting is typically taxed at 12%, 8% to the state and 4% to the casino’s local government.
