More Headaches for West Virginia Sports Betting
CHARLESTON — (AP) - West Virginia lottery officials say the launch of a sports betting app has been delayed to ensure compliance with a federal law that deals with interstate gambling.
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Lottery Director John Myers says Wednesday that the Draft Kings sports wagering app has been put on hold.
He says the location of a system's servers has the agency and the companies involved moving cautiously to make sure they are in line with the federal Wire Act.
A federal judge in New Hampshire on Monday ruled that the Wire Act applies only applies only to sports gambling and not to state lotteries as some had feared.