Nebraskans could bet on Husker home football games and other in-state matches played by Nebraska college and university teams under a bill introduced in the Legislature on Monday.
Legislative Bill 168 would lift the prohibition in Nebraska’s current sports betting law, while directing tax revenues from those bets into the state’s college scholarship fund.
State Sen. Eliot Bostar of Lincoln proposed the measure, one of 60 bills introduced during the day. He said he doesn’t think the current law represents good policy, because it makes a distinction based solely on where collegiate teams compete.
“This isn’t about expanding gambling,” he said. “It’s about providing consistency in our statutes.”
