On Thursday afternoon, Hoskins posted on social media and pointed the blame at the state’s casinos for sports betting not passing in the session. He said the casinos received three proposals regarding sports betting.<\/p>\n
\nThe last offer was on 5\/10\/22 & all the pro sports teams (Chiefs, Royals, etc), pro player orgs (MLBPA, NFLPA), mobile platforms (Fan Duel, Draft Kings) agreed to the deal,\u201d<\/strong> Hoskins tweeted. \u201cUnfortunately, the casinos said NO & the bill died.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nHoskins added that he was not the sponsor of the bill, and said Majority Caucus Chairman Dan Hegeman (R-Cosby), the point person for the bill in the Senate, would not allow a vote unless all sides were in consensus.<\/p>\n
A message to the Missouri Gaming Association, the trade group representing the state\u2019s casinos, did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment late Thursday night.<\/p>\n
Missouri Surrounded by Sports Betting<\/h2>\n
House Bill 2502, the bill that Hoskins filibustered two weeks ago, would have allowed the casinos to offer both brick-and-mortar sportsbooks and online sports betting apps in Missouri. It would have placed an 8% tax on sports betting revenue. Except for a $500,000 annual allotment to a state-run problem gambling fund, the tax proceeds would have been earmarked for education funding.<\/p>\n
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With Kansas\u2019 bill becoming law Tuesday, Missouri essentially finds itself surrounded by sports betting states. Currently, sports betting is available in Iowa, Illinois, Tennessee, and Arkansas. Like Kansas, Nebraska has passed sports betting legislation. But that state has yet to enact regulations regarding the activity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Kentucky, where a sports betting bill died on the final day of its legislative session<\/a> last month, and Oklahoma are the only states bordering Missouri that do not allow sportsbooks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Show-Me State will have to wait at least another year to legalize sports betting. Late Thursday evening, the Missouri Senate voted to adjourn its 2022 session a day early. With that, it ended any hopes of making the state the 36th to allow the gaming product. The move came on the same day as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":213359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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