There’s a renewed effort to legalize both online lottery sales and online gaming in the state of Indiana.

Taken together, these would constitute the largest gaming expansion in the state since the legalization of sports betting in 2019. It’s already potentially a big year for gaming expansion in Indiana, with lawmakers seriously considering adding or relocating a casino license to potentially the Indianapolis or Fort Wayne areas.

Both iLottery and iGaming, as lawmakers are colloquially calling them, were pitched as part of one bill that failed to advance past the committee state last session. This year they are trying a different tack by splitting them up.

On Jan. 6, a House committee passed a bill dedicated to digital lottery legalization by a 9-3 vote; the same committee then proposed adding online gaming language to a routine administrative bill. That second bill will come up for a vote the next time the public policy committee meets.