Sports betting won’t start in North Carolina on Jan. 8, the first allowable date :: WRALSportsFan.com

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.