Missouri prepares for sports betting rollout
JOPLIN, Mo. — Legal sports betting in Missouri is now just a few months away.
If you want to place a bet on the big game, that's legal for half of the Four States. Sports betting is allowed in Kansas and Arkansas, and isn't far off for Missouri.
'For a number of years, people have tried to convince us that we are losing revenue to other states. It doesn't change the activity. People who live in Missouri still engage in the activity. It's just that we don't benefit in any way from it, and it was simply good for business,' said MO. Rep. Lane Roberts, R.
The Show Me State switch is happening in 2025 with the 'Missouri Gaming Commission' taking applications for direct mobile licenses through next month.
There are a couple more months to go for applicants for other retail and mobile licenses.
'I think we're pretty much on target – I believe the end of the year is what we'd like to accomplish,' said Roberts.
Voters approved sports betting last fall, setting that timeline in motion. Much of the tax revenue from the change is earmarked for education. That comes from a state tax of ten percent, something that had been a longtime issues for state lawmakers.
'We normally try to attach that to something that benefits a certain area of our budget or a population,' said Roberts.
The Gaming Commission expects to officially launch Missouri Sports betting on December 1.
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