An effort by Montana legislators to override the veto of a bill that would have allowed private companies to offer sportsbook failed to garner the needed two-thirds vote.
Governor Steve Bullock earlier in the year signed legislation putting sports book in the hands of the state lottery, but vetoed a bill that would have also allowed private operators.
In Montana, where the legislature meets only part-time and for just a month or so, veto overrides are conducted by mail. Twenty-four of the lawmakers who voted for the bill voted against the override.
