Read more about the latest Commission meeting here. Additionally, the Commission announced that it is tabling the decision of whether to allow pick-em games until a later date. The official date won’t be known for a while but we do know it will be sometime before June 2024. This was assumed already but now is official. 📰 November 14: The North Carolina Lottery Commission held another public hearing and announced that the launch date for sports betting in the state will definitely not be January 8, 2024.Here is a North Carolina sports betting timeline: North Carolina sports betting latest news ✅ Is Sports Betting Legal in North Carolina?