The North Carolina Senate Commerce Committee recently voted to approve a measure allowing betting on professional and college sports and off-track horseracing at Eastern Band of Cherokee Indian casinos. The bill now will move on to another Senate committee.
State Senator Jim Davis, the bill’s sponsor, said sports and horserace betting could generate $14 million in additional annual tribal revenue and $1 million for the state.
Under current state law, the Eastern Band offers live poker, slot machines and video gambling on tribal lands.
Conservative Christian groups oppose the legislation.
