{"id":170070,"date":"2025-03-14T11:10:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T11:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/?p=170070"},"modified":"2025-03-14T11:10:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T11:10:15","slug":"nebraska-lawmakers-propose-public-vote-on-legalizing-online-sports-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/03\/nebraska-lawmakers-propose-public-vote-on-legalizing-online-sports-betting","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska Lawmakers Propose Public Vote on Legalizing Online Sports Betting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-13.png\" alt=\"nebraska online sports betting\" class=\"wp-image-170086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-13.png 1024w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-13-medium.png 300w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-13-medium_large.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Image: Nebraska Legislature)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d64426425f5\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Campaigners for the legalization of online sports betting in Nebraska insist the state is missing out on $32 million in annual tax revenue.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d6442642f4e\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Senator Eliot Bostar made the claim during a debate over four sports betting bills by the state legislature\u2019s general affairs committee. Sen. Bostar filed <a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskalegislature.gov\/bills\/view_bill.php?DocumentID=58877\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LR20CA<\/a>, a proposed constitutional amendment that would give voters the chance to approve online wagering.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d64426437b4\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Sports betting is currently allowed only at racinos at the Cornhusker State\u2019s six racetracks. The amendment would allow each of those locations to partner with a digital betting operator.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"keep-reading \"  id=\"kr-67d6442644509\">\n  <div class=\"heading\">Keep Reading<\/div>\n  <ul class=\"d-flex flex-column\">\n          <li id=\"post-169913\" style=\"order: 1;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/03\/apple-google-and-meta-in-huge-legal-battle-over-social-casino-apps\" target=\"_blank\">Apple, Google and Meta in Huge Legal Battle Over Social Casino Apps<\/a><\/li>\n          <li id=\"post-169908\" style=\"order: 2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/03\/rhode-islands-monthly-betting-revenue-soars-past-150-million\" target=\"_blank\">Rhode Island\u2019s Monthly Betting Revenue Soars Past $150 Million<\/a><\/li>\n          <li id=\"post-169831\" style=\"order: 3;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/03\/north-carolina-collects-more-than-6b-in-wagers-in-first-year-of-sports-betting\" target=\"_blank\">North Carolina Collects More than $6B In Wagers in First Year of Sports Betting<\/a><\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d64426455e3\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Sen. Bostar told the hearing: \u201cNebraska is currently missing out on a $1.6 billion state online industry and $32 million in annual tax revenue, which instead goes to neighboring states like Iowa, Colorado, and Kansas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d6442645d53\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Numerous states have legalized online sports betting in recent years and some like <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/02\/new-push-for-legal-sports-betting-in-texas-2025\">Texas<\/a>, are getting closer. Nebraskans have proved willing to travel in an effort to place bets. Hundreds of thousands of wagers have conveniently been placed in an Iowa cornfield just across the border by Nebraska residents, according to the geo-location service GeoComply.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Public hearings held on sports betting in Nebraska\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-dlmi0F-hzA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d6442646531\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>\u201cPeople are already participating in this,\u201d added Sen. Bostar. \u201cNot passing this won\u2019t stop that. I believe we should draw upon the revenue for public purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d6442646c9d\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>However, while there are moves to push for legalization, and evidence that the public would vote in favor, there is also clearly strong opposition to online wagering in the state. There were three submissions from proponents of legalization to the committee, and 51 from opponents.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d6442647438\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Suggestions that revenues from online gambling could be used to reduce property taxes were dismissed by those who do not wish to see the activity legalized. No such impact has been felt in the five years since retail sports betting was permitted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d6442647ba3\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>There is also concern that legalization would lead to a rise in teenage gambling. Nate Grasz, executive director of the Nebraska Family Alliance, said: \u201cThe house always wins. For the house to win, the people of Nebraska and our own children have to lose.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d64426482fe\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Three other bills relating to state gambling law were discussed by the committee. One proposed removing the restriction on betting on college games involving the Nebraska Cornhuskers when the team is playing at home.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67d6442648a75\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>While the committee took no immediate action on the proposals, Sen. Bostar rated their chances of advancing at \u201csix out of ten\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Image: Nebraska Legislature) Campaigners for the legalization of online sports betting in Nebraska insist the state is missing out on $32 million in annual tax revenue. Senator Eliot Bostar made the claim during a debate over four sports betting bills by the state legislature\u2019s general affairs committee. Sen. Bostar filed LR20CA, a proposed constitutional amendment &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/03\/nebraska-lawmakers-propose-public-vote-on-legalizing-online-sports-betting\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":170085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","esi_template":"default","excluded":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[2697,20440,20397],"class_list":["post-170070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gambling","tag-legal","tag-regulation","tag-sportsbooks"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nebraska Lawmakers Propose Public Vote on Legalizing Online Sports Betting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nebraska lawmakers have proposed a public vote on whether or not to approve legalized online sports betting.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/03\/nebraska-lawmakers-propose-public-vote-on-legalizing-online-sports-betting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nebraska Lawmakers Propose Public Vote on Legalizing Online Sports Betting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nebraska lawmakers have proposed a public vote on whether or not to approve legalized online sports betting.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/03\/nebraska-lawmakers-propose-public-vote-on-legalizing-online-sports-betting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Esports Insider\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-14T11:10:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-14T11:10:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nebraska-online-sports-betting.jpg.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Viola D&#039;Elia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@esportsinsider\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@esportsinsider\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Viola D&#039;Elia\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/03\/nebraska-lawmakers-propose-public-vote-on-legalizing-online-sports-betting#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/03\/nebraska-lawmakers-propose-public-vote-on-legalizing-online-sports-betting\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Viola D'Elia\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5d1f42849e6b805910ab834361e22510\"},\"headline\":\"Nebraska Lawmakers Propose Public Vote on Legalizing Online Sports Betting\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-14T11:10:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-14T11:10:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/03\/nebraska-lawmakers-propose-public-vote-on-legalizing-online-sports-betting\"},\"wordCount\":424,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/03\/nebraska-lawmakers-propose-public-vote-on-legalizing-online-sports-betting#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/nebraska-online-sports-betting.jpg.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Legal\",\"regulation\",\"sportsbooks\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Esports Betting &amp; 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