RE:Why Iowa didn't and won't happen in 2020Hi RISKY, thanks for the post and the summation. Please let me present some of the things that we know, for your consideration, such that I believe that IA could be very viable within the 2020 calendar.
In Iowa we have: - Already paid to play under the PENN deal [so we don’t need to find another JEI per se]
- Second skin access
- Relative low cost license fee $45,000 [Compared to IN and MI at $100k]
- One of the lowest tax rates [6.75%]
- There are currently 5 on-line sportsbooks, with Will Hill and PointsBet being bigger names
- Although cumbersome, I believe you only have to visit a casino once to verify your identity and then download your sportsbook app that has geo-fencing to insure you’re betting within IA, then just fund your account and start betting.
I would fully agree with you that we would chase IN before IA, based soley on potential revenue.
Cheers buddy!