Montana Lottery Sports Betting
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Lottery has decided not to appeal a judge’s ruling that allows businesses without alcoholic beverage licenses to offer sports betting, lottery spokesperson Jennifer McKee said.
HELENA — The Montana Lottery Commission has approved the types of bets that will be available when legal wagering on professional and collegiate sporting events begins. In addition, lottery. Sports betting is live in Montana. Ten crews from the Montana Lottery and its vendor, Intralot, pre-positioned around the state Tuesday and started installing betting terminals and training people. The new law authorized the Montana Lottery to oversee sports betting in the state. In essence, the new legislation revised existing lottery laws to include sports wagering. Lawmakers titled the section of the law covering sports betting the “Montana State Lottery Act of 1985 and Sports Wagering Lottery Amendment of 2019.”.
“Removing one section of just one part of our licensing requirements doesn’t meaningfully disrupt the entire foundation,” McKee told The Billings Gazette.
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The Montana Legislature authorized sports wagering in 2019. The Montana Lottery set rules for businesses that could offer sports betting and required that they have an alcohol beverage license.
Under Montana law, businesses must have an alcoholic beverage license before offering video gambling machines, live card games and sports pool boards.
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Attorney Lyndon Scheveck filed the lawsuit over the sports wagering rules through a Billings investment company called Arete Group. He has said he hopes to open a business that offers sports betting.
Montana Sports Wagering
Montana Lottery Fantasy Football lets you play against the entire State winning bigger prizes and having bigger fun. Visit any Montana Sports Action retailer to build your team. Then watch football to see how your players perform. By the end of the football week, you could be collecting cash.