The Mississippi Legislature has actually formally shot down the Senate's version of what was at first a mobile sports wagering bill, a move that was expected and that now permits Magnolia State lawmakers to search for commonalities on the legislation.

Mississippi's House on Monday decreased to concur with amendments the Senate made to House Bill 774, which originally proposed making online sports and race betting readily available throughout the state.

The House declining those changes was practically a certainty. Senators authorized a version of H.B. 774 which contains no mobile sports betting-related arrangements, although they did so to assist the expense make it through a number of legal due dates and to continue conversations about whether Mississippi should authorize statewide mobile betting.

"There is no brand-new language," stated Sen. David Blount, chairman of the chamber's gaming committee, last week. "I anticipate your house will invite conference when we send this back over to them."

The expense previously referred to as the Mississippi Mobile Sports Wagering Act has been returned by the state Senate to your home for concurrence. That most likely will not occur because the Senate got rid of all of the mobile sports betting arrangements from the bill before passing it today. pic.twitter.com/Nwj3AVlcXY

Indeed, Monday's rejection included little excitement or commentary however it was coupled with an invitation to the Senate to conference on the legislation. A conference committee can now be developed to talk about H.B. 774 and to work out compromise legislation that both houses might authorize before the Mississippi legislature adjourns on May 5.

The move keeps the hopes of legalizing statewide online sports wagering this year alive in Jackson, where legislators are divided on the subject. Blount noted throughout a short committee meeting previously this month that conversations were happening behind the scenes in the legislature.

Mississippi has legal sports betting at nearly 30 brick-and-mortar gambling establishments in the state. Furthermore, at several, clients can use mobile apps that enable them to bet while on the home. However, there is no authorized avenue for online sports wagering in Mississippi when a customer leaves the property, as the state is among 20 without any legalized forms of mobile wagering.

H.B. 774 proposed to change that status quo by enabling online sportsbook operators to partner with the state's brick-and-mortar gambling establishments to provide mobile betting. Before the Senate gutted the legislation, the expense also proposed a 12% tax rate for online wagering. Those arrangements, or ones similar to them, would require to be reinserted into H.B.