Oklahoma lawmakers removed discussion about a mobile sports betting legalization bill Monday hours before they were set to consider and potentially vote on the proposal. Monday’s move does not spell the end of the state’s sports betting hopes but potentially presents another obstacle in the state’s multi-year effort to approve legal sportsbooks.
A subcommittee of the powerful House of Representatives Appropriations and Budget Committee was scheduled to discuss the Oklahoma sports betting bill. Had it advanced out of the subcommittee and through the full Appropriations Committee, which determines much of the state’s spending-related bills, the proposal would likely have been positioned for a vote on the full House floor.
