Sports betting gets green light from state gaming commission

It’s a surefire bet.

The state gaming commission on Monday approved 6-0 rules governing sports betting at four upstate casinos — paving the way for gamblers to wager on pro sports as early as next month.

The rules allow in-person betting at the Del Lago, Rivers, Resorts World Catskills and Tioga Downs casinos — as well as tribal casinos.

Mobile sports betting, however, will have to wait.

“Our lawyers say you can’t do anything on sports betting other than in brick and mortar casinos,” Commission member Jerry Skurnik told The Post.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has said mobile sports betting would require an amendment to the state constitution, a multi-year process that requires direct voter approval via a ballot initiative. However, state lawmakers sponsoring the initiative argue it would only require the passage of a new bill.

The legislature voted in 2013 to allow sports betting if the Supreme Court ever struck down a federal law banning it, which the high court did last May.

The commission finished drafting rules governing sports betting in January, and the voted on the final product Monday following a public comment period.

The new rules allowing sports betting do not take effect until they are published in the State Register, which could happen as early as June 26.

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