North Carolina is on the heels of sports gambling revenue. The state is considering legislation that would legalize the activity and, if the bill’s sponsor is correct, the bill won’t get stuck in the tar as it races toward the finish line.

Senate Bill 154 was introduced this past Wednesday by Senator Jim Davis and would allow sports bets on both professional and collegiate games. He predicts that it will be passed within a month and doesn’t see any reason why the bill couldn’t be signed into law by this June. This is Davis’s third gambling-related bill, with all of the activity being authorized for the Cherokee Indian tribe in the state.

Davis explains, “The Eastern Band are wanting to get into sports wagering, and wagering is legal now after the Supreme Court decision of May of last year overturning PASPA. It’s a legal enterprise and they want to expand to include wagering in my district, so I consented to file the bill and don’t expect it to have any problems getting passed.”

If the bill is approved, it would allow the tribe to add a sportsbook to its Class III games. The Cherokee people operate two casinos in the state, Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Casino & Hotel and Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort. The tribe had approached Davis specifically to request a bill that would allow it to legally operate the sportsbook.