YoungState House News ServiceBOSTON -The House overwhelmingly approved a bill to legalize sports betting in Massachusetts on Thursday evening, but even before the vote, the question of whether to allow wagers on college sports emerged as a major sticking point between the House and Senate. The House voted 156-3 to pass its sports betting bill (H 3977), something a bipartisan parade of representatives said was long overdue. The House bill would allow wagers on the outcome of college sports contests, but not on the performances of individual college athletes. The House and Senate are expected to take a summer break soon and it's unclear when the Senate plans to take up a sports betting bill. The House approved sports betting legalization last summer as part of an economic development bill, but the Senate turned down multiple opportunities to do the same.

Source: MetroXpress July 22, 2021 23:03 UTC