Is it time to legalize online gambling in Georgia and get in on the bonanza? Many think it is.Īccording to a statewide poll released this month, 45.6% of likely voters surveyed favored making online betting on professional sports legal in the state and 42.6% opposed with 11.8 answering “don’t know.” There has not been so much as a drip into the Georgia treasury from sports betting. Revenue from taxes from online betting has flowed into the treasuries of 22 states, including Georgia’s neighbor Tennessee, which has made approximately $80 million in sports betting tax revenue since November 2020. sports betting industry by allowing states to legalize online sports gambling as legislatures pressed for ways to close budget gaps.
Supreme Court opened the spigot to the $165 billion U.S.
