Missouri sports betting initiative now odds-on favorite to be on November ballot

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As Missouri’s Legislative session prepares to enter its fourth month without significant progress on sports betting, legislators may go another year without voting on a bill in both the House and Senate. But an initiative to put the issue on the November ballot seems to be picking up steam.

Opening Day wasn’t a great day for people who placed wagers on the Kansas City Royals as they fell to the Twins 4-1. Still some people say they’d like to have the opportunity.

In a sea of blue outside Kauffman Stadium Thursday, there were people collecting signatures to legalize sports betting in Missouri.

After years of filibusters and failed attempts in the state legislature the state’s six professional franchises spearheaded an effort to get sports betting on the ballot through a petition drive. It’s being led by a coalition called Winning for Missouri Education.


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