And we certainly want to see our tribal partners prosper at this and be worth their while,” said Luttrell. “The more they make, the more the state would benefit from it. While it is similar to last year’s bill OK HB 3008, the only marginal difference is a sliding sports betting tax scale system ranging from 4-6% in comparison to last year’s 10% tax.
Early on, Representative Ken Luttrell filed a new OU gambling bill to regulate sportsbooks. It is possible that 2023 is the year legal sports betting in Oklahoma finally unfolds. The two bills that would eventually fall short were: 2022 saw two major legal sports betting bills advance relatively far throughout the Oklahoma legislative session, but with the session having ended on May 27th, all that progress may have been for naught.
