NASHVILLE – Unhappy over the Tennessee Education Lottery board’s proposed rules and regulations for running the state-sponsored online sports gaming program, top state legislators are eyeing putting the Sports Wagering Advisory Council in charge of the process.
“That definitely is something that could happen,” said Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, R-Oak Ridge, the Republican Senate speaker. “We got a real good advisory board, and I think its membership is something that we’re very proud of and it, I think, needs to be there to oversee what is going on.”
McNally’s comments came last week after he and House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville, wrote a Feb. 14 letter to lottery board chairwoman Susan Lanigan. In it, they asked the lottery board to delay acting on its proposed draft rules the board had planned to proceed on.
“There have been concerns brought to our attention that some of the rules, as drafted, may be outside the authority given to the Board or Council pursuant to the ‘Tennessee Sports Gaming Act,'” the speakers wrote.
Those concerns include high fees for vendors and other issues.