The Michigan online sports betting legalized in December 2019 and began creating rules and regulations to go live officially. The original timetable was set for the start of the NFL season according to sources of most online casino websites.
When COVID-19 hut, everything seems to push back, and the new hope to get online gaming by Thanksgiving. Again, the timeline was pushed back to the end of 2020. However, experts on providing the best betting odds predictions believe that it will not be until 2021.
It will be when the Great Lake State sees mobile sports betting. Michigan cannot catch a break after launching in-person sports betting just five days before the COVID-19 related shutdown. Now, sports bettors in Michigan will continue to wait until online betting officially goes live.
What Will Happen to Michigan Online Sports Betting?
The state has another 15-day stretch of hearings where the Michigan Gaming Control Board will continue to go over mobile betting rules and regulations. The pandemic has not helped with legal sports betting as Michigan has to close casinos shortly after the official in-person betting launch.
The issues with the mobile betting delays are because the chambers in the state Congress are out. Wherein it can only get things done when both of the chambers are in session.
There are sportsbooks already itching to provide betting odds for Michigan online sports betting to launch. These are both FanDuel and DraftKings, wherein both sportsbooks have launched pre-registration offers. It allows residents to sign-up for accounts before the launch of online betting.
Michigan can become huge sports betting state if it can figure out its issues with mobile betting. The sports betting market hit between $4 to $6 billion once the market fully matures. There are three commercial casinos and 23 tribal casinos among discussions in sports forum sites, which could launch an online sportsbook.
