Bets were allowed in the state as of March 9, 2020. It will make gambling lawful in a variety of locations both in-person (including at Wrigley Field) and online. Legislation was passed in June to allow sports gambling, though in-state collegiate games will be off-limits under the new law. But on March 6, 2023, the Georgia Senate voted down multiple bills that would legalize sports betting in Georgia and the House failed to get legislation of their own voted on before the deadline for new bills passed.Ī bill was proposed in January of 2019 that would've allowed for the regulation of sports gambling through a newly-established corporation, but the bill was denied. A petition was filed on August 14 to rehear the case, but preparations are still taking place for Florida sports betting to return in the fall of 2023 in time for the opening of football season.Ī group of Georgia lawmakers filed bills in January 2023 that would have legalized Georgia sports betting in the Peach State and wouldn't have needed to be voted on by Georgia residents. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously overturned the decision that had blocked regulated Florida sports betting. Just three weeks after legal Florida online sports betting launched in 2021, a judge ruled that an agreement between the state of Florida and the Seminole Tribe was illegal.
