Whether or not Tennessee will actually find a way to approve sports gambling is getting more difficult to predict. There has been some progress on a sports gambling bill, but that same bill has also found itself sliding back downhill at times, as well. In the latest move, an amendment has been added that will, at least for now, give it a boost to continue the uphill climb.

Last month, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee weighed in on the subject of sports gambling legislation, stating that he would support it if were allowed to offer input. That gave a flicker of hope to the bill, with the affirmation that anything that made it to his desk would most likely be approved.

The light from that flicker dimmed toward the end of the month when the sports gambling bill came face to face with a serious amount of opposition. Several government committees turned their backs on the bill, causing it to stumble and tumble.

Now, however, the bill is looking at the possibility of being boosted once again. The amendment that has been added would ban prop bets on college sports, making Tennessee the first state in the U.S. to ban the activity across the board for college games. Other states have placed a ban on prop bets at the college level, but only for games and teams in their states.