Exploring the Push to Legalize Sports Betting in Georgia

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00:00Okay, article up at legalsportsreport.com about Georgia.

00:04I saw Pat post this a couple of days ago.

00:06Is there a chance we make some progress here on Georgia this year?

00:09I mean, we're running out of time in quarter one to get something on the ballot, aren't we?

00:13Yeah, we definitely are.

00:14There's definitely a chance we make progress in Georgia,

00:17but you have to talk about that from the lens of what is progress

00:20and, you know, what is actually real,

00:22like what is just kind of out there as a messaging thing.

00:25You have these four Georgia senators introduced a bill this week

00:29that would amend the state constitution to legalize sports betting in Georgia,

00:33but amending the constitution isn't easy.

00:35It requires two-thirds majority vote to get done,

00:38which has basically been the obstacle in Georgia over the past decade,

00:42preventing it from getting done because there's opposition on both sides of the aisle.

00:46It's hard to get bipartisan support to pass an issue like this,

00:50but the hurdle becomes even more difficult when there's a difference in not just

00:54whether we should legalize sports betting.

00:56It's a difference in how it actually works.

00:58A lot of prominent politicians down there believe you need to amend the constitution to do it.

01:03Others believe you don't need to.

01:05So there's disagreement on even how to do it.

01:07The governor has kind of remained neutral on this issue

01:11and a lot of politicians have come out recently citing studies saying they owe it to Georgia.

01:16They owe it to a lot of the people who helped swing the state for President Trump.

01:20So it's becoming more of a politicized issue in Georgia

01:23and we're seeing progress in that term in that sense where it's becoming part of that lens,

01:28but it's still a web of how do we get everyone on board?

01:32It's a very Republican heavy state.

01:33So if you have some that are in favor some that aren't it's hard for them all to break away

01:37or get on the same page here,

01:39but it's definitely moving in the right direction.

01:41It's just how much isn't moving is the question.