{"id":565,"date":"2025-04-23T14:54:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T14:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/?p=565"},"modified":"2025-09-22T12:09:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T12:09:41","slug":"hawaii-gov-josh-green-pledges-to-allow-sports-betting-gaming-bills-to-become-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/23\/hawaii-gov-josh-green-pledges-to-allow-sports-betting-gaming-bills-to-become-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii Gov. Josh Green Pledges to Allow Sports Betting, Gaming Bills to Become Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Hawaii Gov. Josh Green says he won&#8217;t stop gaming legislation<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Hawaii Legislature is considering a mobile sports betting bill<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lawmakers are also reviewing whether to allow casinos<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hawaii Gov. Josh Green (D) says he won&#8217;t stand in the way of authorizing online sports betting and\/or casino gambling in the island state. Of course, the Hawaii Legislature must first come to terms on a bill to allow such gambling.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_350338\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-350338\" data-style=\"width: 858px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-post-thumbnail-858xAUTO wp-image-350338 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Hawaii casinos sports betting Gov. Josh Green\" width=\"858\" height=\"572\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/54264232392_9bcc4dd79e_k-858x572-1.jpg\"><figcaption>Hawaii Gov. Josh Green has eased his position when it comes to casino gambling and sports betting. State lawmakers continue to consider legislation to end Hawaii&#8217;s longtime ban on all forms of gambling. (Image: Office of the Governor)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Earlier this year, House Bill 1308 passed both the Hawaii House of Representatives and Senate. However, the sports betting bill was amended in each chamber during consideration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Upon the Senate&#8217;s return of the amended measure that would allow Hawaiians to place sports bets on their computers and mobile devices, House lawmakers disagreed with the higher chamber&#8217;s changes that included a $250K upfront licensing fee and a 10% tax on oddsmakers&#8217; gross revenue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/hawaii-sports-betting-odds-lengthen-as-chambers-converge\/\">special conference committee<\/a> is forming where appointed members from the House and Senate will try to iron out their differences.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On Tuesday, the Senate appointed Sens. Lynn DeCoite (D-Hana), Jarrett Keohokalole (D-Kailua), and Dru Kanuha (D-Kona) as its conference committee members. The House hasn&#8217;t yet appointed its committee representatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Governor Won&#8217;t Block Gaming Bills<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Green, who previously has said he&#8217;s impartial on sports betting and casinos, slightly altered that position this week. The governor now says he won&#8217;t veto gaming measures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Green&#8217;s comments came several weeks after he reasoned that sports betting, and the possibility of commercial and\/or tribal casinos, could help generate state tax revenue that could assist in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/hawaii-gaming-study-bill-advances-could-help-build-sports-stadium\/\">building of a new football stadium<\/a> at the University of Hawaii.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Along with the sports betting conference committee, the Hawaii Legislature is mulling Senate Bill 891. The Senate legislation would establish a &#8220;Gaming Working Group&#8221; within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to see how gaming might strengthen the Hawaii economy and help with infrastructure and other state-backed projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Look, as long as there are some safeguards with gambling addiction services and so on, if the Legislature goes to the full way and passes it, I&#8217;ll likely let it become law,&#8221; Green said. &#8220;The world&#8217;s changing quite a lot and what people said in our survey was if you spend the revenues in a good place like on Hawaiian Home Lands housing or housing for the workforce, a lot of people supported it.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hawaii and Utah are the only states that do not allow or have charitable gaming, parimutuel wagering, a lottery, commercial or tribal casinos, racinos, iGaming, or sports betting.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Opposition Remains<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">There are plenty of lawmakers in the Democratic-controlled state Legislature who continue to work against the gaming bills. One such official is Rep. Andrew Garrett (D-Manoa), who says the state shouldn&#8217;t legalize casinos simply to fund a college sports stadium.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">That&#8217;s not planning,&#8221; Garrett said. &#8220;When you need a casino to make your stadium pencil out.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Garrett said the casino study bill isn&#8217;t about studying the controversy involved with ending Hawaii&#8217;s longtime prohibition of gambling but &#8220;scripting the outcome.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;This isn&#8217;t research &#8212; it&#8217;s a rehearsal,&#8221; he declared.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Among the entities lobbying against casinos in Hawaii is Boyd Gaming, the Las Vegas-based gaming firm that caters to locals and lower-end gamblers who prefer visiting off-Strip properties. Boyd has long relied on Hawaii to prop up its casinos and runs the Boyd Vacations Hawaii travel website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/hawaii-gov-josh-green-to-allow-gaming-bills-become-law\/\">Hawaii Gov. Josh Green Pledges to Allow Sports Betting, Gaming Bills to Become Law<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\">Casino.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hawaii Gov. Josh Green says he won&#8217;t stop gaming legislation The Hawaii Legislature is considering a mobile sports betting bill Lawmakers are also reviewing whether to allow casinos Hawaii Gov. Josh Green (D) says he won&#8217;t stand in the way of authorizing online sports betting and\/or casino gambling in the island state. 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