Oregonians can bet online on everything from English Premier League soccer to rugby, cricket, NASCAR or the Tokyo Olympics. Professional basketball and football have proven the most popular, but the state-run betting portal offers a wide range of wagers through a contract with an international sportsbook. The Oregon Lottery has grabbed a big slice of the sports betting action statewide with its exclusive Scoreboard mobile app and website, which launched in October. That will broaden the reach of the lottery's relatively new smartphone sports betting app. It plans to introduce sports betting kiosks at bars and retailers. Sports betting is set to expand in Oregon later this year with at least a couple more tribal casinos expected to add it. Related: Legal Betting On The Super Bowl Was A Hit In Oregon.

The rest of Oregon's sports betting scene has longer odds to cross over.

This piece, sports wagering on-premises in tribal casinos, seems the likeliest to come to Washington state too.

Scheller and Salisbury were part of a steady trickle of patrons on a soggy weekday afternoon who stopped by a former poker room that the casino converted into a Vegas-style sportsbook with lounge tables, 15 TVs tuned to different games and a teller counter where attendants could explain sports betting to newbies.Ĭhinook Winds, as well as the Coquille Indian Tribe's casino in North Bend, is in the vanguard of a fast-growing sector of the gambling industry. 'It's a lot more fun,' Salisbury said in an interview at the casino. Lincoln City local David Salisbury said putting a little bit of money on a team made watching games on TV more exciting. Now it's legal, so it's good,' said Greg Scheller of Salem after collecting his NFL Super Bowl winnings at the Siletz Tribe's Chinook Winds Casino. Since last August, visitors to the Oregon Coast - and locals - have been able to bet on a wide range of college and professional sports. But they do not seem inclined to copy much from Oregon's playbook. Now, Washington state lawmakers are taking a hard look at legalizing sports betting. Idaho, Washington and California have held back. Supreme Court cleared the way for states beyond Nevada to have sports betting.

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