The Maine House of Representatives on Thursday passed a long-debated proposal to allow tribes to have a new online gaming market after a 2022 law gave them control of mobile sports betting, but Gov. Janet Mills may wield her veto pen to block it.
The “iGaming” bill from Rep. Ambureen Rana, D-Bangor, needs more votes in each chamber and may need at least two-thirds support to override a potential veto from Mills, a Democrat whose administration and top gambling regulator opposed the measure at a hearing this year.
Mills has stood in the way of tribes and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle over the years who have sought expanded tribal sovereignty by overhauling a 1980 settlement that allows Maine to govern them like cities and towns.
