Connecticut: Sports betting could have ‘soft launch’ as early as Sept. 30

Connecticut: Sports betting could have ‘soft launch’ as early as Sept. 30

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  • News 12 staff
September 20, 2021 8:23 PM
  • News 12 staff

Sports betting is coming to Connecticut. But when exactly it starts depends on who you ask.

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The original target date to bring sports betting to the state was Oct. 7. Rob Simmelkjaer, the chair of the Connecticut Lottery Board, says they could do a “soft launch” for sports betting as early as Sept. 30.

It would only be available online through a website or an app. In-person betting should launch around the same time.

Three locations — Bobby V’s in Stamford and Windsor Locks, as well as Sports Haven in New Haven — will have in-person betting initially, and by late October, another seven Winners locations will come online.