West Virginia’s sports bettors have lost access to their only online and mobile wagering options in the state’s regulated market, although their chances of legal online casino and poker options just got a lot better.
Late Wednesday, West Virginia’s Wheeling Island and Mardi Gras casinos suspended their land-based, online and mobile sports betting operations. The casinos, both of which are owned by Delaware North, offered the only online and mobile sportsbooks to have launched in West Virginia to date via the BetLucky brand.
On Friday, Delaware North announced that its betting technology platform provider Miomni Gaming had “encountered a contract dispute with a third-party technology supplier.” It’s unclear precisely what dispute Miomni is having and with whom, as its sports betting operations in Nevada appear unaffected by the dispute.
Delaware North apologized for the hiccup and said that, while its casinos’ sportsbooks were temporarily prevented from accepting new wagers, they were “honoring and redeeming all resulted bets and are working to determine a timeframe to restoration.” The state’s three other sports betting operators – DraftKings, FanDuel and William Hill – have so far launched only land-based wagering at their respective casino partners’ venues.