The wide-ranging bill includes three main points of interest for the gaming industry. In relation to iGaming, it states that the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission would study internet gambling and produce a report by December 1. The bill also revives a deal between the state’s horse breeders and race tracks over purses and will allow the state to adopt a system of advanced wagering over phone or computer. Now those researchers can really get ready to don their chunky-lensed glasses and fire up those mechanical pencils. Maybe even buy some new supplies!
It echoes the views of the ownership over at Churchill Downs, Twin Spires, which has also shown an increasing reliance on the online side of their business. With a Nascar and harness racing track on the site it will be interesting to see whether they benDover backwards to succeed online.