Efforts to legalize sports betting in Georgia seemed to die on the state legislature’s crossover day in early March, only to be resuscitated shortly afterward. Wednesday night and into the early hours of Thursday morning, however, the attempt to legalize sports wagering in Georgia in 2023 officially came to an end.
Georgia’s legislative session concluded early Thursday, and HB 237 wasn’t even discussed by the Senate. The bill needed to be approved by both the Senate and House on Wednesday for sports wagering to move forward.
The bill, which originally related to designating an official soap box derby before being gutted for sports wagering language, would have brought up to 16 mobile sports betting operators to Georgia.
