North Carolina: Legal online sports betting begins today
Legal online sports betting in North Carolina begins today
CANDIDATE SELECTION PROCESS ON THURSDAY, JUST IN TIME FOR MARCH MADNESS. SPORTS GAMBLING OFFICIALLY KICKS OFF TODAY AT NOON IN NORTH CAROLINA. OUR JAMIE HARIRI JOINS US NOW TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THE LAUNCH. GOOD MORNING JAMIE. GOOD MORNING. WELL, GAMBLING ISN’T A NEW THING IN NORTH CAROLINA, BUT THE LEGALIZATION OF MOBILE SPORTS BETTING ALLOWS THE STATE TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND ESTABLISH SAFEGUARDS AROUND IT. A NEW LAW THAT LEGALIZES SPORTS GAMBLING WENT INTO EFFECT LAST JANUARY, BUT IT’S TAKING SOME TIME FOR THE STATE’S EDUCATION LOTTERY COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS, SUPPORT SAY GAMBLING WILL PROVIDE AN ECONOMIC BOOST TO THE STATE. ONE OF EIGHT LICENSED OPERATORS, FANDUEL, HELD AN EVENT IN RALEIGH TO PROMOTE THE LAUNCH. VANDAL TAKES RESPONSIBLE GAMING VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY, SO WE HAVE A RANGE OF WAYS WE DO THAT. THE NUMBER ONE WAY WE DO THAT IS A SERIES OF TOOLS THAT WE ENCOURAGE ALL NORTH CAROLINIANS TO SIGN UP FOR WHEN THEY DOWNLOAD THE APP. THEY’RE VERY EASY TO DO AT THE TIME OF DOWNLOAD. THEY INCLUDE A TIME LIMIT, A WAGER LIMIT AND A DEPOSIT LIMIT, AND YOU’LL SET ALL THOSE THE FOURTH THING WE WANT YOU TO DO IS TO CHECK YOUR PLAYER ACTIVITY STATEMENT, LIKE YOUR CREDIT CARD STATEMENT OR YOUR BANK STATEMENT. WE WILL SEND YOU WHAT YOU HAVE. BET WITH US ALL MONTH LONG WHEN IT COMES TO PLACING YOUR FIRST BET, YOU MUST BE AT LEAST 21 YEARS OLD AND PHYSICALLY IN NORTH CAROLINA. YOU CAN BET ON PROFESSIONAL, COLLEGE, ELECTRONIC AND OLYMPIC SPORTS. THE COMMISSION IS DRAFTING RULES FOR BETTING ON HORSE RACING IN-PERSON BETTING IN REVENUES WILL BE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. AS OF RIGHT NOW, EIGHT COMPANIES HAVE RECEIVED OPERATOR LICENSES. BUT WITH EASY ACCESS COMES CONCERN ABOUT ADDICTION. COUNSELORS ARE AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE FOR ANYONE DEALING WITH A GAMBLING PROBLEM. RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT MORE THAN A GAME.NC.GOV OR BY PHONE. (877) 718-5543. NORTH CAROLINA BECOMES THE 38TH STATE IN THE COUNTRY TO LEGALIZE SPORTS
Legal online sports betting in North Carolina begins today
Legal online sports betting in North Carolina began Monday at noon, just in time for the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments.The decision was announced in January and means anyone 21 or older can make bets on pro, college or Olympic-style sports. “Bets on sporting events have been made for as long as those events have taken place, but this time they will be legal, they will be done securely and fairly, and they will be made under rules designed to encourage responsible gaming,” commission Chair Ripley Rand said in a January news release. Legal sports betting has already been happening in North Carolina at three casinos operated by either the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians or the Catawba Indian Nation. The two tribes have now applied for online licenses with the state.North Carolina becomes the 30th state, along with the District of Columbia, to offer mobile sports betting, according to the American Gaming Association.
RALEIGH, N.C. —
Legal online sports betting in North Carolina began Monday at noon, just in time for the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments.
The decision was announced in January and means anyone 21 or older can make bets on pro, college or Olympic-style sports.
“Bets on sporting events have been made for as long as those events have taken place, but this time they will be legal, they will be done securely and fairly, and they will be made under rules designed to encourage responsible gaming,” commission Chair Ripley Rand said in a January news release.
Legal sports betting has already been happening in North Carolina at three casinos operated by either the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians or the Catawba Indian Nation. The two tribes have now applied for online licenses with the state.
North Carolina becomes the 30th state, along with the District of Columbia, to offer mobile sports betting, according to the American Gaming Association.
