Harrah’s Cherokee Casino opened its sports book in March 2021. It’s the third site in North Carolina where there’s legal sports gambling - and it’s the closest to Charlotte, at about 40 minutes west off I-85. The whole casino is in a makeshift temporary facility as work continues toward a permanent building. The casino’s new sports book, which opened last week, doesn’t look like much.

That followed a busy day on Saturday, when people were sitting on the floor to watch the Alabama-Texas college football game, a casino worker told The Ledger. on Sunday, two hours before NFL kickoffs, all the betting kiosks were full, with a wait to make bets, and seats were filling. And on its first weekend, which featured thrilling college football games and the first Sunday of the NFL season, it was popular.īy 11 a.m. It’s not the Bellagio or Caesars Palace - not by a long shot.īut say this about the new sports gambling room inside the Catawba Two Kings Casino in Kings Mountain: It delivers on its promise - letting people bet on sports. The Catawba Two Kings Casino’s sports book, which opened last week, has the feel of a DMV on the inside but does have a lot of kiosks and betting options that were popular this weekend.

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