{"id":1474,"date":"2020-02-24T11:58:22","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T19:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sdc.wastateleg.org\/keiser\/?p=1474"},"modified":"2020-09-16T17:08:33","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T00:08:33","slug":"keiser-releases-statement-on-sports-betting-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/keiserarchive\/2020\/02\/24\/keiser-releases-statement-on-sports-betting-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Keiser releases statement on sports betting bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the Senate Labor &amp; Commerce Committee today heard and passed <a href=\"https:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/billsummary?BillNumber=2638&amp;Year=2019&amp;Initiative=false\">HB 2638<\/a>, which would legalize and regulate some sports betting in tribal facilities, committee chair Karen Keiser released the following statement:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI myself am not a great fan of either sports or betting. Gambling brings with it the threat of addiction and corruption. That\u2019s why it\u2019s wise for our state to take a very small first step and to work with our trusted partners who have shown their ability to contain the problem of addiction and thwart the threat of corruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis limited first step toward allowing sports betting in Washington will begin to combat the illegal betting that is already going on. Just as with cannabis in 2012, we are taking a careful step to bring sports betting aboveboard, where it can be tightly regulated to reduce harm.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the Senate Labor &amp; Commerce Committee today heard and passed HB 2638, which would legalize and regulate some sports betting in tribal facilities, committee chair Karen Keiser released the following statement: \u201cI myself am not a great fan of either sports or betting. Gambling brings with it the threat of addiction and corruption. That\u2019s why it\u2019s wise for our state to take a very small first step and to work with our trusted partners who have shown their ability to contain the problem of addiction and thwart the threat of corruption. \u201cThis limited first step toward allowing sports betting&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":1139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-release"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Keiser releases statement on sports betting bill - Karen Keiser Archive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/keiserarchive\/2020\/02\/24\/keiser-releases-statement-on-sports-betting-bill\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Keiser releases statement on sports betting bill - Karen Keiser Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After the Senate Labor &amp; Commerce Committee today heard and passed HB 2638, which would legalize and regulate some sports betting in tribal facilities, committee chair Karen Keiser released the following statement: \u201cI myself am not a great fan of either sports or betting. 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