A bill in Georgia to legalize sports betting failed in the Senate Thursday. Despite the setback, multiple other legislative proposals exist that could bring regulated sports betting to Georgia in the near future.'
Based on GeoComply data from the NFL season, there's a strong appetite among Georgians for that to happen. GeoComply, a leading geolocation security and compliance company, shared that thousands of Georgians tried to access and wager on legal sportsbooks during the 2022 NFL season.'
Data shows betting interest
GeoComply identified approximately 1.4 million transactions from users in Georgia accessing legal sportsbooks available in other markets from Sept. 8 through the day of the Super Bowl on Feb. 12. Those users were blocked from betting in Georgia.'
The attempts to use legal sportsbooks outside the state came from 128,000 unique player accounts, and 43% of the players were attempting to access Tennessee sportsbooks. Tennessee allows legal mobile sports betting, with BetMGM, Caesars Sportsbook, DraftKings, and FanDuel among the major operators.'