Mississippi sports betting updates
One of the first states to legalize retail sports betting in 2018, Mississippi lawmakers have taken a much more deliberate approach to grow the state’s online betting market.
Here’s some background on the Magnolia State’s march to legal sports betting:
Aug. 22, 2024: Covers’ Ryan Butler ranks which retail-only sports betting states are the most likely to legalize online betting in the future.
April 30, 2024: Mississippi’s mobile sports betting bill is dead after missing legislative deadline.
April 22, 2024: Mississippi appoints sports betting conference committee ahead of legislative deadline.
April 16, 2024: Mississippi House rejects changes made to mobile sports betting bill — HB 774.
April 11, 2024: The Mississippi Senate is close to passing a mobile sports betting bill, but still requires further negotiations to the proposed amendments.
April 10, 2024: Caesars Sportsbook launches its mobile app at Harrah’s Gulf Coast. Caesars is the second sports betting operator to accept mobile bets in Mississippi, joining BetMGM.
April 2, 2024: A Mississippi Senate mobile sports betting bill is moving again after passing the state’s gaming committee.
Feb. 1, 2024: The Mississippi House of Representatives passes House Bill 774, which would legalize online horse racing and sports betting sites. The bill now makes its way to the Mississippi Senate.
Jan. 31, 2024: A bipartisan online sports betting bill was introduced in Mississippi. HB 377 has the support of multiple state Democratic and Republicans, which differs from the two previous bills filed earlier this year.
Jan. 25, 2024: Another online sports betting bill is unveiled in Mississippi, and similar to HB 271, House Bill 635 would allow Mississippi casinos to offer online sports betting across the Magnolia State.
Jan. 23, 2024: Mississippi lawmakers begin online sports betting push after HB 271 was recently brought forward in a state legislative session by Democratic Rep. Cedric Burnett.
Dec. 15, 2023: The Mississippi Mobile Sports Betting Task Force releases a report detailing potential tax returns from legal online sports betting.
Dec. 3, 2023: DraftKings is set to launch a new retail sportsbook at the Golden Nugget in Biloxi, Mississippi, in January 2024.
Nov. 28, 2023: iGaming appears to be a non-starter in the state’s legalization plan after Mississippi’s “Mobile-Online Sports Betting Task Force” received concerns from local physical gaming operators.
Oct. 24: Members of Mississippi’s “Mobile-Online Sports Betting Task Force” met with local representatives from the gaming industry to discuss the future of a legal online sports betting market.
Feb. 1, 2023: The Mississippi House appropriations committee approves an amended bill (HB-606) that would create an 11-member Mississippi sports betting Task Force.
June 15, 2022: The Mississippi Gaming Commission (MGC) reports a May sports betting handle of $29.2 million, its lowest monthly total since August 2021.
Feb. 10, 2022: Fubo Gaming announces it has struck a market access deal to operate in Mississippi, pending regulatory approval and the legalization of mobile sports betting in MS. The Fubo Sportsbook is live in two states (Arizona, Iowa) but has reached agreements with 10 state regulators.
Feb. 1, 2022: HB 184 is among four sports betting bills to die in committee. There will be no mobile wagering in MS in 2022.
Jan. 17, 2022: Sen. Philip Moran introduces SB 2462 — The Mississippi Mobile Sports Pool And Race Book Wagering Act. The Act would legalize online sports betting and pari-mutuel wagering on horse races in MS.
Jan. 3, 2022: Rep. Cedric Burnett introduced online sports betting bill HB 184 in the Mississippi Legislature, which allows online sports betting (under the control of gaming license holders) and wagering on esports competitions.
Nov. 12, 2021: BetMGM confirms the launch of its mobile app at MGM Resorts International’s Beau Rivage in Biloxi, providing bettors with two destinations to access the sports betting platform.
Nov. 4, 2021: The Mississippi House Gaming Committee, led by its chair, Casey Eure, announces it is working on a new mobile betting app bill that would legalize online wagering statewide by early 2022.
September 2021: BetMGM launches the first online sportsbook in Mississippi, allowing bettors to place mobile wagers while visiting a BetMGM retail sportsbook.
February 2021: Introduced mere weeks earlier, SB 2732 and HB 1042 die in committee. The bills proposed legal statewide online betting in Mississippi.
March 2020: HB 172, a bill aiming to legalize mobile and online Mississippi sports betting statewide, dies in committee.
August 2018: BetMGM becomes the first sportsbook to go live in Mississippi.
June 2018: The Mississippi Gaming Commission (MGC) releases its official sports betting regulations.
May 2018: SCOTUS overturns PASPA, opening the door for states to set their own sports betting laws.
March 2017: Daily fantasy sports contests are legalized in Mississippi. Language prohibiting sports betting is removed from the updated DFS bill (HB 967), lifting the statewide ban on sports betting.
October 1992: The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act is signed. ‘PASPA’ places a federal ban on sports wagering.
June 1990: The Mississippi legislature passes the Mississippi Gaming Control Act. The Act states that casinos can operate along the Mississippi River and Gulf Coast, pending voter approval.
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