West Virginia Lottery Commission Director Alan Larrick has announced that the entity has passed sports betting rules after an emergency meeting that took place last Thursday. The state’s five casinos would be eligible to offer sports betting.

“We’re trying to do everything we can to get sports betting available by football season — that’s what our goal is. We don’t know if we’re going to make it or not, but we’re going to try,” said Larrick, who commented that the rules are essentially guidelines for local casinos in order to let them know how to operate.

West Virginia had already passed sports betting rules when the US Supreme Court lifted the federal ban as it believed that it was unconstitutional and all states deserved the opportunity to analyze the market and see if regulating the gambling modality was economically convenient.

“Our focus is going to be auditing, so we can be sure the numbers that are given by the casinos are accurate,” he said. “Then, we can base our [tax collection] on the correct number,” Larrick said, as Lottery Post reported.

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