Sports betting bill gets nod from Nebraska senators; Cornhusker home games not included
After on March 17, 2021, lawmakers in Nebraska gave first-round approval to a measure that would create regulations to govern the state’s newly legalized casinos upon opening, legislators have now reportedly amended a gambling regulation bill for sports betting.
According to AP News, the bill would enable sports fans in the midwestern U.S. state to legally wager on the lion’s share of collegiate and professional events, with the exception of in-state teams’ home games. Changes to the measure, which as added on a 31-4 vote, were an effort by lawmakers to garner sufficient support for it to pass and would reportedly apply to schools including the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Creighton University Bluejays.
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