Sterl Carpenter is the point person charged with bringing sports betting to life in North Carolina. Given the average run of about 8 months from legalization to launch, betting by Super Bowl kickoff was possible, if not probable. It says betting must begin by June 14, 2024.
The bill legalizing sports betting in North Carolina was signed into law on June 14. That inevitable and obvious pronouncement of the obvious triggered some who thought that the process of bringing sports betting from nothing to launch could happen in a matter of weeks if not a few months. Groans rang from Cape Fear to Boone when Ripley Rand made that pronouncement about Super Bowl betting during the North Carolina Lottery Commission meeting in November. It’s not like the Carolina Panthers will be representing the NFC when Super Bowl 58 kicks off in Las Vegas on February 11. While that may disappoint bettors on Tobacco Road, it’s not the end of anyone’s world, nor it is reason to raise concerns about unreasonable delays and panic over sports betting’s eventual launch. We now know that North Carolina sports betting won’t launch before the Super Bowl.
