Tag: Missouri
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Missouri Casino Vote Could Transform Lake of the Ozarks
The upcoming vote in Missouri on Nov. 5 could significantly alter the landscape of a popular vacation destination. If voters pass Amendment 5, the state will increase the number of gambling boat licenses from 13 to 14, allowing for the development of a new casino near Lake of the Ozarks. While termed a “gambling boat…
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DraftKings Pumps Another $5 Million Into Missouri Sports Betting Legalization Effort
The battle over Amendment 2, a ballot initiative that will determine whether sports betting is to be legalized in Missouri, is shaping up to be one of the most expensive in state history. On Thursday, the Associated Press reported that DraftKings had donated an additional $5 million to Winning for Missouri Education, the group backing…
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Caesars Donates $4 Million to Group Opposing Sports Betting Legalization in Missouri
In a Missouri Ethics Commission filing late last week, it was disclosed that four Missouri-based Caesars entities had donated upwards of $4 million to the campaign to defeat sports betting legalization in Missouri. You read that right: Caesars is opposed to the legalization of sports betting in Missouri — at least as currently proposed. To…
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Sports Betting to Stay on Missouri Ballot, Circa Prize Pools Top $20M
A Missouri judge rejected a lawsuit Friday challenging the validity of a ballot initiative that will ask Missourians whether to legalize sports betting, meaning the measure will appear on the state’s Nov. 5 ballot. “Lawsuits seeking to remove an initiative petition from the ballot after it has been certified as sufficient by the Secretary of…
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Which State Will Legalize Sports Betting Next?
No states have legalized online sports betting in 2024, but Missouri could change that before the calendar flips to 2025. The question of legalizing sports betting in the Show Me State is currently expected to be on the November ballot, thanks to an initiative effort from Winning for Missouri Education. The measure, which has the…
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Lawsuit Threatens Missouri Sports Betting Legalization Timeline
A recent lawsuit could alter the fate of legal sports betting in Missouri. The St. Louis Post Dispatch reported that a lawsuit filed by Missouri citizens Blake Lawrence and Jacqueline Wood challenges Winning for Missouri Education’s approved appearance on the November ballot. Winning for Missouri Education aims to legalize sports betting in the Show-Me State,…
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DraftKings Donates Additional $3.5 Million to Missouri Sports Betting Legalization Effort
Earlier this month, DraftKings donated $3.5 million to Winning for Missouri Education, a ballot initiative to legalize sports betting in Missouri. The donation is DraftKings’ sixth to the campaign since the start of 2024, according to the Missouri Ethics Commission. DraftKings has donated just under $6 million to the effort since the start of the…
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Missouri Governor Brushes Off Latest Sports Betting Push
Despite their best efforts, Missouri lawmakers are unlikely to legalize sports betting until at least next year. On Monday, a House committee took up a bill that would legalize up to 39 online sportsbooks across the state. But a spokesperson for Gov. Mike Parsons (R) says sports betting has nothing to do with the reason…
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Sources: Missouri Won’t Legalize Sports Betting in 2022 | Action Network
The chances of Missouri legalizing sports betting this year are next to zero, according to multiple sources in the General Assembly. Lawmakers continue to negotiate authorizing more than 30 mobile sportsbooks and in-person casino betting; though with just two days left in the 2022 session they’ll run out of time before getting to a vote,…
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Missouri Lawmakers Close to Agreement on Sports Betting
Missourians using FanDuel and DraftKings by the end of the year is still very much a possibility. After suffering a setback last week when Sen. Denny Hoskins (R) filibustered apart a sports betting bill passed by the House in March, Representatives and Senators nearly struck a deal late Tuesday night, according to sources in the…
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Kansas Wins Sports Betting ‘Border War’ with Missouri
Kansas leads Missouri in its infamous ‘Border War’ college basketball rivalry, 175-95 all time. Today it tallied another victory against its rival state by passing legal sports betting first. The Kansas Senate voted in the wee hours of Friday morning 21-13 to legalize online and retail sports betting under a 10% tax. Gov. Laura Kelly…
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Sports Betting Legalization: Best Bets for Next States To Legalize
Maine surprised last week when it became the first state to pass a legal sports betting bill in 2022, which now awaits Gov. Janet Mills’ approval. A handful of other states are close behind, but with their legislative sessions winding down, lawmakers are quickly running out of time to resolve differences around legalizing. To keep up…
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Missouri Sports Betting Set for Final Debate Over Taxes
A Missouri Senate committee advanced sports betting legislation Tuesday, opting to settle discrepancies with House lawmakers later on. The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 8-1 to advance HB 2502 and HB 2556. However, before the full-chamber takes up either, Sen. Dan Hegeman (R) will produce a substitute bill that ups the 8% tax rate passed by the…
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‘Border War’ Rivalry Helps Fast-Track Legal Sports Betting in Kansas, Missouri
The border state rivalry between Kansas and Missouri is pushing lawmakers in each state to legalize sports betting faster than the other. “Kansas legislators are very cognizant of the competition between our states, and I do think that this urgency is a driving factor in our work to approve sports wagering in our legislature,” Kansas…
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Missouri House Passes Sports Betting Bills
Legal sports betting in Missouri is as close to reality as it’s ever been. Two bills that would legalize online and retail betting passed the Missouri House of Representatives Thursday by a 115-33 vote. The Senate must now pass identical versions before sending any measures to Gov. Mike Parson (R) for his signature. It is…
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Missouri House to Vote on Bills to Legalize Sports Betting
A pair of bills that would legalize sports betting in Missouri are advancing through the legislature. A Missouri House Special Committee on Public Policy voted 4-2 on Wednesday to send two identical bills to the House floor that would legalize online and retail betting. The proposed legislation would allow the state’s 13 casinos to take…
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Texas, Missouri Among States to Lose Legalized Sports Betting Hopes in 2021
Another wave of state legislatures adjourned their respective 2021 sessions last month, including four 2021 sports betting legalization hopefuls whose efforts fell short this year. Here’s what happened in Texas, Missouri, Kansas and Alabama and when bettors in these states may be able to place a legal wager. Sports Betting Legalization Tracker: New York Signs…
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Recapping Busy Start for 2021 Sports Betting Legislation
A few weeks into 2021, lawmakers in more than a dozen states have already introduced sports betting legislation or have announced plans to do so. Here’s a state-by-state recap of some of the most important such bills filed during a frantic start to the 2021 legislative session: Georgia A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the…