The Oklahoma Senate rejected House Bill 1047 which would have put Oklahoma on the path to legalize sports betting. The bill’s language was the result of a compromise between the authors, the Oklahoma City Thunder, and most gaming tribes.
Oklahoma Voice’s Barbara Hoberock writes that the tribes would have paid the state 8-percent of the earnings from sports betting and create a framework for the tribes to work with mobile sports betting operators.
The bill failed by a vote of 21 to 27. Senator Bill Coleman did make a procedural move to possibly bring the bill back up for another vote.
You can read the Oklahoma Voice story here.
