"The Wisconsin State Assembly has signed off on Assembly Bill 601, pushing forward a plan that would allow mobile or online sports betting across the state under a structure run by federally recognized Native American tribes. The vote sends the proposal to the State Senate, showing the clearest momentum yet for supporters who want to bring regulated online wagering to Wisconsin."
"At the time of writing, anyone placing a sports bet outside tribal land risks a Class B misdemeanor. This has kept most mobile wagering effectively off-limits. AB 601 aims to change that by carving out a narrow exception in state law. Lawmakers propose removing certain online sports wagers from the definition of a "bet," so long as those wagers are routed through servers physically located on tribal land and authorized under updated gaming compacts between the tribes and the state."
AB 601 would legalize mobile and online sports betting statewide by authorizing wagers routed through servers located on federally recognized tribal land and governed by updated gaming compacts. Current law treats sports bets placed off tribal land as a Class B misdemeanor, effectively restricting mobile wagering. The proposal follows a hub-and-spoke model that places technical infrastructure on sovereign tribal territory while allowing bets from anywhere in the state, a system courts have allowed elsewhere. Earlier efforts stalled amid legislative divisions and Republican hesitation, and proponents argue regulation would curb offshore wagering, protect consumers, and direct revenue to tribes and the state.
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