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Wisconsin lawmakers draft bill for online tribal sports betting

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Wisconsin lawmakers have drafted legislation that would allow online sports betting on professional and college sports through a tribal “hub and spoke” model. The draft would treat wagers placed in the state as tribal gaming when the betting server is on federally recognised tribal lands and betting operates under a state-tribal compact; it has not yet been formally introduced to the State Assembly.

If enacted, the proposal could let tribal operators accept remote sports bets across Wisconsin.

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