LINCOLN- A bipartisan duo in the Nebraska Legislature is proposing legalizing online sports betting as a way of boosting state revenues, but only if Nebraska voters also stand by the plan. State Sen. Stanley Clouse of Kearney and Sen. Eliot Bostar of Lincoln each introduced a proposal on online sports betting, which would work together to legalize and regulate the practice.

Bostar, a Democrat, introduced Legislative Resolution 20CA, which would effectively put the legalization of online sports betting on the ballot in 2026 if the Legislature approves it. Clouse, a Republican, said his proposal, Legislative Bill 421, would regulate the practice, but only if voters approve Bostar’s resolution.

Online sports betting has been in consideration by lawmakers several times, most recently during last year’s special session, when Bostar introduced a similar constitutional amendment that didn’t make it past the finish line. Opposition to past proposals was primarily centered on moral objections to the state facilitating something that could worsen gambling addictions across Nebraska.

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