Tribal Casinos - legal in North Carolina
Roy Cooper, Governor of North Carolina signed into law on July 26, 2019 a measure that makes in-person sports betting legal at the two tribal casinos in the state. Although, it limits sports wagering to only those sites at the Eastern Band of Cherokee casinos in Cherokee and Murphy. It was anticipated earlier that the governor would have a second, more significant bill that would establish a state gaming commission and study expanded gambling options, but that legislation has been put aside for now and is still in the Senate after passing the House easily. The North Carolina House had voted early this month 90-27 on the bill that Cooper signed on Friday. It followed a similar one-sided vote in the state Senate back in April (43-7), but the process took several months longer than supporters would have hoped for. The bill, one of the most limited since the Supreme Court struck down the federal ban in May 2018, simply reclassifies sports betting, allowing the Cherokees the r
