Rep. Matt Hatchett filed House Bill 910 just days before the 2025 Georgia legislative session ends, aiming to legalize online sports betting. The bill proposes up to 18 sportsbook licenses regulated by the Georgia Lottery Corporation, with a 25% tax funding education. HB 910 won’t … Read more
According to House Speaker David Ralston, Georgia lawmakers are considering using a voter referendum to address gaming expansion and sports betting in Georgia. The referendum would be intentionally vague, which would then allow the Georgia General Assembly to finalize the details of the gaming expansion … Read more
FanDuel is launching a new campus in Atlanta to create tech jobs for local residents. The tech hub will create 900 new jobs. This is a $15 million venture. ATLANTA – While sports betting failed to launch in Georgia during the legislative sessions earlier this … Read more
Kasim Reed has +100 short odds to be the next Mayor of Atlanta. Reed served as Atlanta Mayor from 2010-2018. Felecia Moore has +210 underdog odds to be elected as Atlanta Mayor. ATLANTA – Political betting fans have been placing heavy action on the mayoral … Read more
The Georgia General Assembly adjourns for the 2021 session on Wednesday. Senate Resolution 135 and Senate Bill 142 to regulate sports wagering in Georgia were in need of a House vote for final passage but did not receive one. Both bills will die in session … Read more
Two Georgia sports betting bills passed through the state Senate on Friday. One of the bills would put sports betting on the 2022 November ballot for local voters to approve while the other bill lays out the framework for how the industry would work. Lawmakers … Read more
Two bills that would make sports betting legal in Georgia did not pass in the 2020 session as they were not heard on the final day of hearings, June 26. A legal sports betting market in the Peach State shows estimates of $60 million a … Read more
Legalizing gambling in the state would require a majority vote by the public as well as two-thirds of both the State Senate and General Assembly in favor of the idea. Any revenue that would be gained from gambling would help fund the state’s education system. … Read more