{"id":1115,"date":"2024-03-24T20:16:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T17:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/missouri-sports-fans-favor-sports-betting-legislation-stalled\/"},"modified":"2024-03-24T20:16:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T17:16:14","slug":"missouri-sports-fans-favor-sports-betting-legislation-stalled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/missouri-sports-fans-favor-sports-betting-legislation-stalled\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri Sports Fans Favor Sports Betting, Legislation Stalled"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_34 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">\u76ee\u6b21<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1'><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/missouri-sports-fans-favor-sports-betting-legislation-stalled\/#State_of_the_Ballot_Initiative_in_the_Show_Me_State\" title=\"State of the Ballot Initiative in the Show Me State\">State of the Ballot Initiative in the Show Me State<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/missouri-sports-fans-favor-sports-betting-legislation-stalled\/#Missouri_Casinos_See_Surge_in_February_Revenue\" title=\"Missouri Casinos See Surge in February Revenue\">Missouri Casinos See Surge in February Revenue<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>Missouri sports fans wanting to place legal bets on their NCAA brackets remain sidelined as March Madness heats up. That\u2019s despite a new poll that finds support for sports betting getting warmer in the Show Me State.<\/p>\n<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-230356\" data-style=\"width: 858px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-230356 size-post-thumbnail-858xAUTO\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/missouri-state-line-wapo-858x537.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"858\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/missouri-state-line-wapo-858x537.jpg 858w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/missouri-state-line-wapo-430x269.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/missouri-state-line-wapo.jpg 1278w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"text-description\">Missouri residents hoping to place legal sports bets on March Madness from within the Show Me State will have to wait until next year as sports betting legislation remains stuck in legislative limbo. (Image: Casino.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slu.edu\/news\/2024\/march\/slu-poll.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saint Louis University and YouGov released a poll<\/a> last week showing 60% of Missouri voters support legalizing sports gambling to fund public education. A spokesperson for Winning for Missouri Education said a ballot petition to place the matter before voters in November is ahead of schedule.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\">\n<p>\u201cThe most recent poll underscores that now is the time for Missouri to generate tens of millions in education funding each year by finally legalizing sports betting,\u201d said Jack Cardetti. \u201cMissourians want a legal, safe way to bet on sports, while also boosting our economy, and supporting Missouri students and teachers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/a-pair-of-missouri-sports-betting-bills-begin-2024-legislative-session\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Two Missouri lawmakers filed two separate bills<\/a> to legalize sports betting in the state at the beginning of the legislative session. <a href=\"https:\/\/house.mo.gov\/Bill.aspx?bill=HB2331&#038;year=2024&#038;code=R\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HB 2331<\/a> is awaiting a third reading. The current legislative session runs until May 17.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe live close to the border, as you know, we can go across the river somewhere in Kansas and place bets,\u201d Rep. Dean Van Schoiack (R-District 9) said. \u201cEverybody along the Western side of Missouri can go to Kansas or Oklahoma and place bets. On the Eastern side, go to Kentucky and Tennessee and place bets. So, we are losing that revenue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Similar legislation passed the House in both of the past two years but has died in the Senate.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"State_of_the_Ballot_Initiative_in_the_Show_Me_State\"><\/span>State of the Ballot Initiative in the Show Me State<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The coalition Winning for Missouri Education has the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/st-louis-cardinals-willing-bankroll-sports-betting-referendum\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">support of Missouri\u2019s six professional sports teams<\/a>. The petition drive for a constitutional amendment ballot item needs more than 170K voter signatures from across the state by May 5. In February, the coalition said it had collected 100K signatures.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>The proposed ballot initiative legalizes sports betting through the Missouri Gaming Commission and would let the six professional sports teams and 13 casinos in the state operate online and in-person sportsbooks. It would also create a 10% tax on sports betting revenue in the state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As for the sports betting legislative efforts, the snag appears to again be in the Senate over disagreements on whether the state should also authorize video lottery terminals.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Missouri_Casinos_See_Surge_in_February_Revenue\"><\/span>Missouri Casinos See Surge in February Revenue<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>While battles over sports betting continue in the state, Missouri\u2019s casino industry experienced an uptick in February. Total adjusted gross revenue (AGR) topped $156.9 million. That\u2019s a 14% increase from the $135.4 million recorded in January.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mgc.dps.mo.gov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Missouri Gaming Commission<\/a> says the February numbers are just slightly ahead of the February 2023 AGR. The gaming tax collected from all licensed casinos totaled $32.9 million in February. The Gaming Commission says that\u2019s a 13% increase from January.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/missouri-sports-fans-favor-sports-betting-legislation-stalled\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Missouri Sports Fans Favor Sports Betting, Legislation Stalled<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Casino.org<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Missouri sports fans wanting to place legal bets on their NCAA brackets remain sidelined as March Madness heats up. That\u2019s despite a new poll that finds support for sports betting getting warmer in the Show Me State. Missouri residents hoping to place legal sports bets on March Madness from within the Show Me State will have to wait until next year as sports betting legislation remains stuck in legislative limbo. (Image: Casino.org) Saint Louis University and YouGov released a poll last week showing 60% of Missouri voters support legalizing sports gambling to fund public education. A spokesperson for Winning for Missouri Education said a ballot petition to place the matter <a href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/missouri-sports-fans-favor-sports-betting-legislation-stalled\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}