Arkansas Racing Commission withdraws mobile gambling rules from legislative agenda, citing outstanding issues

Arkansas Racing Commission withdraws mobile gambling rules from legislative agenda, citing outstanding issues

Article brief provided by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
  • Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
January 26, 2022 11:13 PM
  • Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Arkansas’ three operating casinos won’t be able to accept mobile sports bets for the Feb. 13 Super Bowl after the attorney for the state Racing Commission decided to pull proposed rules from a legislative panel’s agenda, a spokesman for the state Department of Finance and Administration said Tuesday.

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Arkansas Racing Commission attorney Byron Freeland made the decision to pull back the commission’s proposed casino gambling rules after the commission approved changing one word during a brief meeting late Tuesday morning, finance department spokesman Scott Hardin said. The Racing Commission is part of the finance department.

The word “revenue” was changed to “receipts.” But another matter had been of concern to online sports betting companies.