Despite speculation over allowing sports bettors to wager on WWE, there doesn't appear to be much support at the state level to add it to sportsbook offerings.
Earlier this year, WWE officials had discussions with accounting firm Ernst and Young to secure pre-determined match outcomes in order to allow betting on events. But many states where sports betting is legal have restrictions on wagering on scripted events.
In March, Alex Sherman of CNBC reported that WWE had meetings with regulators in Colorado and Michigan.
"The Colorado Division of Gaming is not currently and has not considered allowing sports betting wagers on WWE matches. By statute, wagers on events with fixed or predicted outcomes or purely by chance are strictly prohibited in Colorado; this includes wagers on the Academy Awards," Shannon Gray of the Colorado Division of Gaming told Sports Betting Dime.
In Ohio, the same rules apply. The Ohio Casino Control Commission has not fielded any requests to add WWE. Officials in Kansas haven't received requests either by their residents.
Elsewhere, Maryland sees keeping WWE out of betting offerings as a way to keep the integrity of legal sports betting.
"Maryland's sports wagering law and regulations prohibit forms of wagering that are contrary to public interest or unfair to bettors," Seth Elkin of the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency added. "We've determined that it is unfair to bettors and therefore not in the public's interest to accept wagers on sports entertainment events that have scripted or predetermined outcomes, like professional wrestling."
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