Questions over everything from the legislation’s 15% sports wagering tax rate to the number of licenses allocated were peppered at Wiedower, who spoke at length about why he and the five other co-sponsors included what they did in HB380. Marcus Wiedower (R-Watkinsville) spent much of the morning laying out the merits of the legislation, while also fielding questions and pointed criticism from some of the committee’s members. Georgia House Bill 380, which would authorize up to 16 licenses to mobile sports betting operators, was introduced in the chamber’s Higher Education committee.
An attempt to get Georgia sports betting on the books cleared its first legislative hurdle Thursday.
