Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes legal sports betting in the state of Georgia.

Highlights:

• Authorizes and provides for the regulation and taxation of sports betting in this state (Sec. 1). 

• Amends certain provisions relating to the shortfall reserves maintained within the Lottery for the state Education Account (Sec. 1). 

• Increases funding for the state’s pre-k programs (Sec. 1). 

• Defines terms related to sports betting (Sec. 1). 

• Amends for the corporation to engage in certain activities related to sports betting (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes the procedures, limitations, requirements, and qualifications of the licensing of any person offering, operating, or managing sports betting in this state (Sec. 1).

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