Everyone loves a good underdog story, and one is shaping up this year in North Dakota.
On Tuesday, the state’s House of Representatives approved a pair of resolutions and companion bills related to gambling expansion. One set potentially paves the way for the state to introduce sports betting (Res. 3032/HB 1234), and the other covers online poker (Res. 3012/HB 1389).
The state is not currently considering online casinos. If both these efforts succeeded, then, North Dakota would join Nevada as the only other state with legal online poker but no online casinos.
On both fronts, state lawmakers elected to leave the final decision to the electorate. If the Senate agrees to the proposals, they would become ballot measures in the 2022 election. The companion bills lay out the terms under which the new gambling products could be offered.