Sports gambling comes to Catawba Two Kings Casino

DRIVE. THEY'RE STILL TRYING

TO TRACK DOWN THE SUSPECT WHO

THEY BELIEVED TARGETED THE

VICTIM. NORTH CAROLINA

LAWMAKERS VOTED DOWN A BILL TO

LEGALIZE ONLINE SPORTS BETTING.

BUT IN PERSON, SPORTS, WAGERING

IS NOW AVAILABLE IN 3 PLACES

THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

>> THE CATAWBA TO CAGE CASINO

OUTSIDE OF CHARLOTTE OPEN ITS

SPORTS BETTING FACILITY JUST

LAST WEEK. WRAL, SPORTS

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER BRIAN

MURPHY VISITED KINGS MOUNTAIN

FOR THE FIRST NFL SUNDAY AT

THE SPORTS BOOK. GIVE US TO

GIVE US THE LOWDOWN. BRIAN,

WHAT WAS THE ATMOSPHERE LIKE

THERE? IT WAS PRETTY

INCREDIBLE. IT'S IT'S STILL

A SMALL SPACE. THIS ISN'T THEIR

FOR PERMANENT FACILITY THAT

THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IT IN.

>> THERE ARE 50 TO 100 GUYS,

MOSTLY MEN IN BETTING ON

SPORTS, WATCHING THE GAMES

CHEERING AND CELEBRATING WHEN

THINGS WHAT THEY'RE WET.

OF COURSE, WHEN THINGS DON'T

GO YOUR WAY AND A LOT OF

SHARING GOING ON. LET'S TALK

ABOUT COMPETITION HERE. WILL

THIS HURT THE CHEROKEE CASINOS?

THEY ALSO OFFER SPORTS BETTING.

I THINK IT WILL ALMOST EVERY

PERSON I TALKED TO SAID THEY

HAD BEEN UP TO THE CHEROKEE

CASINOS, BUT THIS WAS A 40

MINUTE DRIVE OR 45 MINUTE DRIVE

FROM CHARLOTTE OR THE

SURROUNDING AREAS. WHEREAS THE

CHEROKEE CASINO IS WE'RE MORE

THAN 2 HOURS. IN SOME CASES,

3 HOURS. THE FOUGHT VERY

STRONGLY AGAINST THIS CASINO

AND TALKING TO PEOPLE. YOU GET

THE SENSE OF WHY I THINK IT

WILL HAVE A BIG IMPACT. LET'S

TALK ABOUT SPORTS BETTING

STATEWIDE. WILL THIS DO YOU

THINK THIS WILL HAVE ANY TYPE

OF IMPACT ON STATE LAWMAKERS

WHO LIKELY WILL TAKE UP THE

MOBILE SPORTS BETTING

LEGISLATION AGAIN IN THE NEW

YEAR. I THINK IT HAS TO WRITE

THERE'S A LEGAL PLACE WHERE YOU

CAN SPEND ON SPORTS RIGHT

OUTSIDE OF CHARLOTTE. I THINK

THAT WILL ENTER THE

CONVERSATION AS THE SUPPORTERS

OF THIS TRY TO GET LEGALIZE

THROUGHOUT THE STATE. WILL IT

MAKE A DIFFERENCE? I'M NOT

SURE, BUT I THINK IT WILL BE