Sports Betting Still Closed at West Virginia Sportsbooks

Sports betting at two West Virginia casinos will remain offline at the start of the NCAA Basketball Tournament. A contractual dispute that caused a shutdown of sportsbooks at Delaware North’s Mardi Gras Casino in Nitro and the Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack continues to keep the facilities closed.

A contractual dispute that caused a shutdown of sportsbooks at Delaware North’s Mardi Gras Casino in Nitro and the Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack in West Virginia and kept the facilities closed at the start of the NCAA Basketball Tournament

West Virginia Lottery Director John Myers said the dispute is continuing in a news release and that negotiations between Delaware North’s management services provider and a technology vendor.

He said that while the lottery is closely monitoring the situation, “it is now apparent that wagering will not resume at these locations in time for the early rounds of the NCAA Basketball Tournament.”