The launch of sports betting in Maine is less than two months away, but several of the in-person locations where fans can place bets will not be ready when the state goes live.
At least two off-track betting sites are in the process of moving to new locations in anticipation of more customers when sports betting is launched in November. Managers of the operations at Cumberland Fairgrounds and Favorites Off-Track Betting in Waterville said they won’t be able to accommodate sports betting until December or early 2024.
Maine’s sports betting law went into effect in August 2022, but the launch of business first required devising detailed rules for governing the betting operations in Maine. Those rules are awaiting approval from the state attorney general’s office.
