Sports fans were disappointed after the launch of legal online sports betting in Connecticut was postponed yesterday.
Online sports betting FanDuel, DraftKings and SugarHouse were due to go live on October 7th, just in time for week five of the NFL season . An unanticipated issue at the federal level means the state will now miss the scheduled launch date, but state officials assured bettors not to expect a « long delay ».
The launch was forced to go due to a delay in the posting of amended gambling contracts Connecticut to be moved to the federal registry. It published the Mohegan Tribal Nation pact on September 15, but it waited until September 27 to publish the Mashantucket Pequot pact.
This delay in the federal government’s Memorandum of Understanding forced Connecticut to postpone the launch date There are three master licensees in the state: the Mohegan, the Mashantucket Pequot, and the Connecticut Lottery. The Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot have existing gaming compacts as they offer slots in their land-based casinos, so these compacts must be formally changed before they can host online sports betting on their master licenses.
Government officials don’t give an exact launch date, but they have promised there won’t be a long delay.
“We’re still working on finalizing the details of the nationwide online and retail launch of sports betting, and we’re working with the licensees to ensure that their platforms are certified and compliant before launch, « the Department of Consumer Protection said in a statement to the press. « So no date has been set, but we don’t expect a long delay. »
The state’s first legal sports betting opened for trading earlier this week. FanDuel Sportsbook has a sales book at Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville and DraftKings has launched a land-based sportsbook at Mashantucket Pequot’s Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket.
Until then, Connecticut residents can either go sports betting to watch sporting events like the UConn clash with UMass, betting the Jets versus the Falcons in London, the Giants’ away game versus the Dallas Cowboys, the big battle between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder, and the highly anticipated Connecticut Sun versus the Chicago Sky game / p>
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