DRAFTKINGS, FANDUEL COULD LAUNCH ONLINE BETTING APPS IN WEST VIRGINIA NEXT WEEK

Posted on November 1, 2019 by rosa-zubizarreta

The roller coaster that is West Virginia sports continued over the last couple of weeks. Media reports on Wednesday, however, noted that DraftKings Sportsbook WV and FanDuel Sportsbook WV may go into the WV sports betting market.
The report provided bettors in the country some news. Because BetLucky went defunct In the event the programs go into the current market, it would mark the first alternative.
Back in April, three cellular sports gambling apps received approval by the West Virginia Lottery to operate in the nation:
It seems as if two of them may enter the industry soon.
Legal Sports Report mentioned following week the DraftKings could introduction in WV. WV MetroNews also reported FanDuel seems promising to start next week also.
“I will say we’re getting very close,” state lottery director John Myers told WV MetroNews on Wednesday.
“Testing is performed on a single and ongoing on another. I really don’t have an official roll-out date ”
Myers said he thinks that online gaming must be accessible by Aug. 31, the beginning of school football in West Virginia. And not to mentionthe NFL season gets underway.
Myers continued:
“We have wanted to see this up and running as far as anybody. I understand there is some concern that it has taken a while but when you do some thing for your time you need to dot the I’s and cross the t’s. Now we think we are there.”
Football is the most popular gaming season along with the marketplace could have hurt. Missing the 2019 kickoff can be expensive in terms of revenue for WV casinos and the nation.
On Aug. 16, Myers told PlayWV that regulators were getting near final approval on some sports betting apps being reviewed. He said that the Wire Act was an issue and operators still worked to comply with regulations.
“There is no holdup in the country side. The lottery has advised them how a system needs to be set up because 2018. A few of our control solutions suppliers initially provided a system which didn’t fulfill those requirements along with the lottery refused approval of those according to the needs of this Federal Wire Act.”
The national government appealed a judge’s ruling declaring the Wire Act only applies to Sports betting. It seems these difficulties have been worked through by the state.
Bettors in the Mountain State is going to be ready for the wagering windows to open. But many can take a wait and see approach.
As of now, there are 3 retail sportsbook alternatives for WV bettors as the opening game of this WVU football season procedures.
The country has seen this scenario play out earlier. That never came into fruition, although A launch was rumored just two months past.
After the BetLucky program was closed down in March that came. Delaware North, the operator of Mardis Gras Sportsbook and Wheeling Island Sportsbook casinos, partnered with Miomni on the stage.
After a dispute involving a third party European software firm the operation unraveled. Miomni and delaware North are in court.
On Wednesday, Legal Sports Report detailed how things went sour. Miomni is now battling on 2 continents in court — at one lawsuit in the UK using confronting and EnterG another.
“A pricing dispute created a rift between EnterG and Miomni that ultimately left DNG [Delaware North] with no solution for sports betting, effectively shuttering WV sports betting in March,” the report notes.
“Miomni never got the intellectual property sought, also EnterG all but vanished from the radar. Now it’s up for the courts to choose who’s responsible and parties possess that pieces of the puzzle.”
Beyond the entanglement, the dissolution led to the shutdown of their Mardi Gras and Wheeling Island sportsbooks. That’s led to a sports gambling market in the state.
With the news of the arrival of FanDuel and DraftKings, that may change soon. Lots of West Virginia bettors will keep their fingers crossed.
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