Connecticut to hold special session on sports betting

Connecticut is another State interested in legalising sports betting industry after federal approval.

US.- Connecticut Governor Daniel Malloy has allegedly supported the approval of sports betting operations in the legal market. According to official sources, the official is considering a special session to address the debate and move forward with a fast legalisation to expand gaming industry.

Malloy will be planning a special session later this week as the state “must do something… as quickly as possible” to set a legal market now that the US Supreme Court has decided to allow sports betting industry at a federal level.

“We need to definitively state what our position is,” Malloy told the local press. “It’s a little bit more complicated in Connecticut given the compacts with the Indian tribes. It is my opinion, and the opinion of lawyers who have looked at this, that we move forward with a compact where we would not endanger the revenue we receive from the tribes.”

Last week, the US Supreme Court finally ruled that states are free to legalise sports betting, saying that the federal law that was in place was unconstitutionally forcing states to maintain their prohibitions. The gambling and sports industry now have the green light to set regulations to find a common ground on what is set to become a billionaire industry.