'Now is not the right time for this bill to pass': Sports gambling bills face 'long path'

A years-long effort to legalize online sports gambling in North Carolina broke down on Wednesday in the General Assembly as the House rejected one of two bills that would legalize the practice in the state.
Posted 6/23/2022, 2:50:37 PM

TEACHERS THAT REDONDO TESTIFIED

IN A PRIVATE TEXAS HOUSE

COMMITTEE HEARING YESTERDAY

>> I'M CHRIS LOVINGOOD BACK

HERE IN THE WRAL LIVE CENTER.

THIS STORY BROKE WITHIN THE

LAST COUPLE OF HOURS AND WE'VE

BEEN TRACKING IT HERE ONLINE

SPORTS GAMBLING EFFORTS ARE

REELING AFTER THE NORTH

CAROLINA HOUSE SETBACK. SO LET

ME KIND OF BREAK THIS DOWN FOR

YOU BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE

DETAIL. ESSENTIALLY THERE ARE

2 BILLS TO ALLOW FOR ONLINE

SPORTS GAMBLING IN OUR STATE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SENATE

BILL, 30 AGE WHICH WAS PASSED

51 TO 50, BUT AFTER IT WAS

STRIPPED OF COLLEGE SPORTS

BETTING THE PROBLEM IS SENATE

BILL 6.88 GOES WITH THAT.

BUT THAT WAS SHOT DOWN 50 TO

51. NOW AS FOR WHY THAT

HAPPENED, WRAL, SPORTS

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER BRIAN

MURPHY SAYS THERE WAS

REFERENCING TO THE BIBLE AT THE

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, POTENTIAL

CORRUPTION OF COLLEGE SPORTS

AND POSSIBLE TROUBLES. THIS

WOULD BRING TO PEOPLE'S

MARRIAGES IF SOMEONE HAD

SUFFERED FROM GAMBLING

ADDICTION.

>> BUT IT WAS SUCH A HEATED

DEBATE. IT WAS SO CLOSE.

I JUST GET THE FEELING THAT

NOW IS NOT THE RIGHT TIME FOR

THIS BILL TO PASS. THAT WAS MY

SENSE SITTING HERE THAT THERE

ARE LAWMAKERS ARE THE ONES WHO

ARE POWS ARE

VERY OPPOSED. THEY'RE GOING TO

TRY TO RUN MORE AMENDMENTS.

IF THIS BILL GETS BACK TO THE

HOUSE FLOOR AGAIN. SO A LONG

PATH.

>> AND LAWMAKERS AGAINST THIS

BILL VOTING NO WERE BOTH

REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS JUST

WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.

AND I TALKED TO BRYAN LITTLE

BIT MORE AND HE SAID HE DID

SPEAK WITH LEGISLATORS WHO

BELIEVE THIS BILL ISN'T DEAD

JUST YET. SO FOR RIGHT NOW,

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