Sports betting won't start in North Carolina on Jan. 8, the first allowable date

EXPECTED HERE PAYING ON AVERAGE

MORE THAN $82,000. ANYONE

ITCHING TO PLACE A LEGAL SPORTS

BET IN NORTH CAROLINA. WE'LL

KEEP PITCHING BECAUSE IT'S

GOING TO IT'S GOING TO LAST A

LITTLE BIT LONGER. YOU HAVE TO

WAIT WRAL'S BRIAN MURPHY

EXPLAINS WHY NORTH CAROLINA'S

LOTTERY COMMISSION.

>> THEY'RE NOT QUITE SET.

THEY NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE

TIME TO GET READY. APPARENTLY,

YEAH, THE FIRST DAY THAT SPORTS

BETTING COULD BE ALLOWED IN THE

STATE IS JANUARY 8TH. BUT THE

NORTH CAROLINA LOTTERY

COMMISSION SAYS THEY'RE SIMPLY

TOO MUCH WORK TO DO.

>> TO START ON THAT DATE, THE

COMMISSION HAS UNTIL JUNE 15TH

FOR SPORTS BETTING TO START.

COMMISSIONERS DID NOT GIVE A

START DATE, BUT THEY SAY THEY

GOT A LOT OF WORK BEFORE THEY

CAN LICENSED OPERATORS. WERE

YOU SURPRISED BY THAT AT ALL?

I WASN'T. THERE IS A LOT OF

WORK TO DO. OPERATORS HAVEN'T

EVEN BEEN ABLE TO APPLY.

IT MAY NEED TO VET ALL 12 OF

THEM BEFORE THEY CAN START.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS BEING

LAID IN PLACE, THOUGH, RIGHT?

LIKE YOU CAN'T LEGALLY BET.

BUT YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE

WILL BE ABLE TO BET ON. ONE OF

THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT TODAY,

WE'VE GOT AN INITIAL LIST OF

THE SPORTS THAT NORTH

CAROLINA'S WILL EVENTUALLY BE

ABLE TO PLACE A WAGER ON ALL

THE USUAL SUSPECTS ARE THERE.

BUT BUT SO IS THE ANNUAL

NATHAN'S HOT DOG EATING CONTEST

AND OTHER COMPETITIVE EATING

EVENTS. ANNETTE BALL, WHICH

IS A POPULAR GAME IN AUSTRALIA

AND NEW ZEALAND SORT OF LIKE

BASKETBALL WITHOUT DRIBBLING.

SOP UP U.S. APOLLO, THE

NATIONAL GAME OF FINLAND, A

BASKET OF BASEBALL. I CAME

WITHOUT A PITCHER AND FLOORBALL

A VERSION OF FLOOR HOCKEY.

NOT SURE IF OPERATORS WILL

OFFER BETS ON ALL THESE GAMES,

BUT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO. THESE

ARE THINGS I'VE NEVER EVEN

HEARD YET. BE ABLE TO PLACE

BETS. WE'LL SEE HOW IT

CONTINUES TO GROW AND CHANGE.

BRIAN MURPHY, THANK YOU.