Lawmakers in Vermont and now Maryland are proposing to make online sports betting illegal again.
Forget about hiking tax rates, restricting advertising, or imposing new conditions on the industry. Some lawmakers are instead asking: why not just make online sports betting illegal again?The pushback for legalized sports betting in the U.S. arguably yet somewhat fittingly reached its peak in Vermont, the Green Mountain State. This would “ensure that any person offering a lottery or sports wagering is subject to the criminal provisions” of Vermont’s gambling and lottery laws, the bill says.
H.133 was read for the first time on Feb. 4 and referred to the House's Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs for further consideration. It has yet to budge from there, and there is no guarantee it goes any further.But the gauntlet was thrown down by the Vermont trio.
With all of the above said, the odds are stacked against another state legalizing sports betting this year. Any attempt to repeal and illegalize sports betting looks like a longshot as well. “I won’t pretend to know how the Governor thinks, but given his refusal to consider progressive tax reforms and his reliance on austerity measures that cut deepest into the lives of the most vulnerable, I doubt he’d be eager to give up the revenue stream that state-sanctioned gaming provides,” Headrick told Covers.
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