Vermont sports betting committee favoring online-only start to wagering

Vermont sports betting committee favoring online-only start to wagering

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  • Geoff Zochodne, Covers
October 25, 2022 7:38 PM
  • Geoff Zochodne, Covers

The committee studying sports betting in Vermont prefers that the very rural state begin with a purely mobile model of wagering but start thinking about what sort of retail action there could be in the future.

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Vermont’s Sports Betting Study Committee met again on Tuesday and heard from New Hampshire Lottery Commission officials who shared their experience with legal sports betting in the neighboring New England state.

New Hampshire has just one legal online sportsbook: DraftKings. And, according to the representatives of the lottery, about 80% of their sports-betting handle is mobile action while the remaining 20% is placed at one of the state’s three retail sportsbooks.