The roller coaster that is West Virginia sports betting continued throughout the last couple of weeks. Media reports on Wednesday, nevertheless, noted that FanDuel Sportsbook WV and DraftKings Sportsbook WV may go into the WV sports gambling market.
The report provided bettors at the country some news. If the programs enter the current market, it would mark the first cell choice since BetLucky went awry in March.
Back in April, three cellular sports received approval to function in the state:
It looks like two of these may enter the industry.
Legal Sports Report noted that DraftKings could debut in WV following week. WV MetroNews additionally reported FanDuel looks promising to launch next week.
“I will say we are getting really close,” state lottery manager John Myers told WV MetroNews on Wednesday.
“Testing is finished on a single and ongoing on another. I don’t have an official roll-out date yet.”
Myers said he believes that online betting should be accessible by Aug. 31, the start of college football in West Virginia. And and of course , the NFL season gets underway a week after.
Myers continued:
“We have wanted to see it up and running as far as anyone. I understand there is some concern that it’s taken some time but once you do some thing for the time you have to dot the I’s and cross the t’s. Now we think we’re there.”
Soccer has become the most popular gaming season along with the market could have hurt. Missing the 2019 kickoff can be costly concerning revenue for the country and WV casinos.
On Aug. 16, Myers advised PlayWV that authorities were getting near final acceptance on some sports betting apps being reviewed. He said analysts still worked to comply with state regulations and the Wire Act had been an issue.
“There is no holdup from the state side. They have been told by the lottery how a system needs to be installed because 2018. A few of our control services suppliers originally provided a system which didn’t meet those requirements along with the lottery refused approval of those according to the essentials of this Federal Wire Act.”
The government appealed a judge’s ruling declaring the Wire Act applies to Sports. It seems the state has worked through these issues.
Bettors in the Mountain State will be prepared for the wagering windows to open. But many may take a wait and see strategy.
As of now, there are three retail sportsbook options for WV bettors as the game of the WVU football season strategies.
The country has seen this situation play out earlier. There was A launching rumored but that never came to fruition.
This came after the BetLucky app was shut down in March. Delaware North, the operator of Mardis Gras Sportsbook and Wheeling Island Sportsbook casinos, coupled with Miomni on this stage.
After a dispute involving a European software firm named EnterG, the operation unraveled. Delaware North and Miomni are in court.
On Wednesday, Legal Sports Report detailed how things went sour. Miomni is battling on 2 continents –??in one lawsuit in the UK with EnterG and facing the other.
“A pricing dispute created a rift between EnterG and Miomni that finally left DNG [Delaware North] without any option for sports betting, effectively shuttering WV sports betting at March,” the report notes.
“Miomni never got the intellectual property it sought, also EnterG all but vanished from the radar. Now it is up for the courts to determine who’s to blame and parties possess that pieces of the mystery ”
Beyond the legal entanglement, the dissolution led to the shutdown of the Mardi Gras and Wheeling Island sportsbooks. That has led to a even bigger sports gambling market in the nation.
With the coming of DraftKings and FanDuel’s news, that may change. Lots of West Virginia bettors will be keeping their fingers crossed.
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