Minnesota’s sports betting bill continued moving through the state legislature Thursday when the House Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee advanced it.
The measure was referred for consideration next by the State and Local Government Finance and Policy Committee. The bill so far has been heard in three committees and still has multiple stops before getting to the House floor. The legislature is set to adjourn May 22.
As the bill currently stands, Minnesota’s 11 tribes would get a monopoly on sports betting, as professional sports teams and horse-racing facilities are excluded.
Rep. Brad Tabke said Thursday that he is working on a future amendment to the bill, however, and Rep. Walter Hudson said he would like to “see tracks included in this.” Tracy Wilson, the chief financial officer of Running Aces Racetrack, testified that she’d like to see the tracks “treated equally” with tribal casinos.