It mirrors events offered in most other legal jurisdictions. The sports betting catalog was approved two days later. 'Betting will not begin on January 8,' Carpenter said on November 15. Many of those steps cannot be taken until the law that allows sports betting and parimutuel wagering goes into effect in January. The North Carolina Lottery Commission's Sports Betting Committee member Ripley Rand and Deputy Executive Director Gaming Compliance and Sports Betting Sterl Carpenter said last week multiple steps are necessary to license and approve operators before any wagers can be made. Mobile books in North Carolina must have a 'written designation agreement' with one of several major-league franchises and/or venues to operate in the state.
Meanwhile, Bet365 has entered into a deal with the Charlotte Hornets to become the NBA team's official mobile sportsbook. North Carolina regulators also formally voted to table any consideration of Fantasy Sports in North Carolina for the foreseeable future, 'if at all' in a meeting on November 16.
The committee charged to oversee North Carolina mobile sports betting have made it clear that mobile sports betting in the Tar Heel state will not be launching on January 8, the day it becomes legal along with parimutuel wagering.