At the same time that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued its opinion that the Wire Act covers all forms of online gambling, several states are still pushing forward with legislation to offer the billion-dollar industry to their residents. Among those looking to enter the sports gambling fray are Michigan, New Hampshire and Virginia.

Michigan residents received a shock last month when the state’s outgoing governor, Rick Snyder, pulled out a huge red “Rejected” stamp and vetoed an online gambling bill that had made it through Congress with virtually no resistance. While he argued that more research was needed on the subject before allowing legislation to move forward, many began to wonder if he didn’t deny the bill simply out of spite, or as a favor to someone in the gaming industry.

Not to be dismayed, the author of that bill, Representative Brandt Iden, is going to administer CPR on the legislation and bring it back to life, but adds that it will be even better. Iden told GamblingCompliance that he plans on reintroducing his bill and that it will not only offer online gaming, but sports gambling, as well.

In New Hampshire, a bill seeks to approve sports gambling in certain, dedicated retail outlets. House Bill (HB) 480-FN still needs approval by policy makers, but would authorize the state’s Lottery Commission “to conduct sports betting directly or through an authorized agent via the use of mobile internet devices and through physical sports book retail establishments.”