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US – Hollywood Casino to launch sports betting by September
By Phil - 14 August 2018Hollywood Casino in Charles Town has earned the honour of being the first casino licensed to offer sports betting in West Virginia.
The West Virginia Lottery Commission’s legal counsel Danielle Boyd said : “The casinos continue to make progress, and are working diligently to begin accepting wagers on property with mobile and online wagering to come shortly thereafter. It is our understanding that Hollywood Casino in Charles Town will accept wagers by Sept. 1, and two other properties should be ready to do the same sometime in early September as well.”
The Commission released emergency rules on July 9 that allow the state’s five casinos to set up sports betting in readiness for the football season.
Casinos need to pay $100,000 for a one year license which allows for sports books and for sports wagering apps that can only accept online and mobile wagers from customers inside the borders of West Virginia.
“We anticipate this being a fluid process in which we will adapt those standards as needed over time,” Ms Boyd added. “Additionally, our relationship with the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement has been critical to developing our regulatory model, and we will continue to work closely with them and hope to form the same partnerships with other regulators in Mississippi, Delaware, and Nevada, as our programs evolve in the United States.”