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Some experts view the odds of Texas approving casinos and sports betting in a single legislative session as slim, and opposition to gaming venues is an obvious hurdle. As such, the bills introduced by Kolkhorst and Leach are specific to sports wagering. Likewise, the Sports Betting Alliance deals only with sports wagering, and isn\u2019t actively taking a stance on casinos in Texas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Lawmakers backing casinos and sports betting, or both, need to ready some compelling arguments. That’s because many of the states that recently embraced mobile sports wagering, such as Illinois and New York, needed the cash. That\u2019s not the case in Texas, where this year\u2019s budget surplus is forecast to be $32.7 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The effort to bring mobile sports wagering to Texas has the support of a key Republican state senator. On Monday, State Sen. Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham) introduced Senate Bill\u00a0 715 (SB 715) and Senate Joint Resolution 39 (SJR 39) in an effort to bring regulated mobile sports betting to the second-largest US state. Kolkhorst authoring sports […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":258241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,61,1074],"tags":[81899,81901,80968],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Pair Of Texas Republicans Introduce Sports Betting Bills<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n