Another public hearing on proposed sports-betting legislation and other gaming-related matters is on tap this week in Hartford.

The legislature’s Public Safety and Security Committee, which two weeks ago took some 10 hours of testimony on casino-expansion and sports-betting bills, will be all ears once again Tuesday at a session scheduled to start at 11 a.m. in Room 2A of the Legislative Office Building.

One of the bills up for discussion would authorize the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes to offer sports wagering on Indian lands while ensuring that they continue to share a percentage of their casinos’ slot-machine revenues with the state. The bill also would allow the state’s off-track betting operator, a commercial casino and the Connecticut Lottery Corp. to offer sports wagering provided it was allowed under new gaming agreements the governor would have to reach with the tribes.

The tribes have maintained that current tribal-state agreements grant them the exclusive right to offer sports betting in Connecticut. Some legislators and the state’s former attorney general have disagreed.

Under the proposed bill, licensed sports betting operators would be allowed to offer wagering via “an electronic platform.” Such an online platform, or mobile app, would have to be able to verify that a bettor is 21 years of age or older and is placing a bet while physically within the state's borders.

Six-figure fees associated with sports betting licenses are spelled out in the bill.

“The bill, as it is now, is the first step in the process. There’s still more work to do,” Rep. Joe Verrengia, the West Hartford Democrat who co-chairs the public safety committee, said Friday. “Determining whether sports betting would be allowed at every OTB site, or every lottery location warrants more discussion.”

Other bills to be aired Tuesday would authorize the online sale of tickets for lottery draw games, substantially increase funding for problem-gambling treatment and establish a gaming commission that would assume oversight for gambling in the state, currently the responsibility of the Department of Consumer Protection.

“It’s imperative that problem gambling be at the forefront of any conversation about gaming expansion. My goal is for Connecticut to have the most robust problem-gambling program in the country,” Verrengia said.

The proposed gaming commission, modeled on the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, would have full regulatory authority over gaming and would be charged with developing a strategic plan for the future of gaming in the state.

Following a Feb. 26 public hearing, the public safety committee voted to draft two bills related to casino expansion. One of the bills seeks to facilitate the tribes’ East Windsor casino project by eliminating a statutory requirement that the tribes secure federal approval of their amended gaming agreements with the state before proceeding with construction. The other bill that’s being drafted calls for the establishment of a competitive-bidding process for a casino.

It’s expected that the committee will vote to approve both of the drafted bills, if only to ensure they get wider consideration in the General Assembly.

The committee faces a March 21 deadline for reporting out bills.

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