Two West Virginia casinos suspend sports betting

Two West Virginia casinos that abeyant sports betting operations this week are promising to account all stunning bets which have been determined, but otherwise are leaving valued clientele in the dark with their funds in the bookmakers’ possession.

The sportsbooks at Wheeling Island and Mardi gras casinos, in addition to their online betting belvedere BetLucky.com, halted carrier Wednesday evening. Buyers who contacted consumer aid weren’t given any time body for back the sportsbook would be operating again or when their funds can be purchasable.

Delaware north, the enterprise that owns Wheeling Island and Mardi Gras casinos, acicular to a acknowledged dispute between companies because the cause of the disruption.

We’ve been counseled by means of Miomni Gaming, our sports wagering platform provider in West Virginia, that they have encountered a contract dispute with a 3rd-birthday celebration platform company,” Delaware north stated in a statement. “This has resulted in the abeyance of the Wheeling Island and Mardi Gras sports-betting operations as smartly because the BetLucky.com mobile app from accepting new sports wagers. We’re anniversary and redeeming all resulted bets and are working to determine a time frame to apology. We make an apology for the interruption in service.”

LegalSportsReport.com first reported the suspension of sports betting operations on the two casinos.

A message on the right of the BetLucky app Friday morning noted, “We are at the moment experiencing equipment concerns. We are alive to get to the bottom of these issues.”

The West Virginia lottery, which oversees the accompaniment’s sports betting, did not immediately acknowledgment telephone messages.

West Virginia become the fourth state to begin legal sportsbooks afterwards the U.S. absolute court this past may also struck down the professional and newbie sports coverage Act of 1992, the federal statute that had limited accompaniment-backed sports betting to basically Nevada.

The BetLucky sports betting app launched in late December, the first cell sportsbook in West Virginia.