- The Indiana House voted 78-15 for a bill that declines online sports betting.
- Indiana previously agreed to permit online betting, discussions will follow later this month.
- Sports betting confined to casinos may mean a big loss in tax revenue for the state.
INDIANAPOLIS - Sports betting in Indiana may be coming later this year due to a new sports betting bill introduced in January of this year, but the state has some other sports gambling issues to work out. The Indiana House has voted 78-15 for a bill that would decline online sports betting in the state.
SB 552 does not include any provisions on online sports betting. The bill would contain sports betting to casinos only.
Indiana previously supported online sports betting in a bill that was introduced in January of this year. HB 1363 would have authorized sports wagering in Indiana, including mobile/online wagering as well. This bill has yet to be passed into law or passed through the state legislature. The deadline to reach a middle ground on online sports betting is later this month.
Online sports betting in Indiana may have its fair share of a tussle to be made legal in the state. While sports betting has yet to be passed into law, it does not have the same warring sides as bills containing online sports betting. Whether this benefit or hurts the passage of a bill containing online sports gambling is unknown.
Three bills for sports betting in Indiana are inside the Indiana legislature. Including SB 439 which also deals with sports wagering. After the deadline later this month for lawmakers to come to an agreement on online betting, Indiana legislature may have its hands full with the passing of sports wagering.