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Indiana House backs bill prohibiting online sports betting

FILE - In this June 3, 1996, file photo, gamblers fill the tables on two decks during a practice cruise on the Majestic Star Casino in Gary, Ind. Donald Trump’s appeal to black voters sounds familiar in Gary, and not in a good way. In 1993, Trump swooped into Gary on his private jet and pledged to make the down-on-its-luck city great again with a riverboat casino along a Lake Michigan shoreline littered with shuttered factories. Little more than a decade later Trump’s company declared bankruptcy, leaving behind lawsuits and hard feelings in the majority-black city.(AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The question of whether Indiana will allow sports betting by mobile devices is still up for debate in the state Legislature.

The Indiana House voted 78-15 Monday in favor of a bill that includes limiting the legalization of sports wagering to casino sites. The state Senate previously supported permitting online sports betting , so lawmakers face a deadline later this month for reaching agreement on what to allow.

Some House members who oppose allowing sports bets by mobile devices call it a significant expansion of gambling that could lead to traditional casino games moving online.

Republican Rep. Allan Morrison of Brazil argued Monday that limiting sports betting to casinos will mean a big loss in tax revenue.

The bill would also allow new casinos in Gary and Terre Haute.

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