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Texas vs. Minnesota: A Race to Legalize Sports Betting
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2/15/2025
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All right, so bad luck we learned this morning in the state of Minnesota, maybe some good
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luck coming from Texas.
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You know, Sam, I would not have predicted that Texas could legalize sports betting before
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the state of Minnesota, but it sure seems like there is at least a stronger possibility
00:14
in Texas getting something on the bill with the results from Minnesota yesterday.
00:18
Yeah, you want to talk about luck in a crapshoot, it's which state is going to legalize sports
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betting next.
00:24
You know, one day you hear that Minnesota is close to doing it, then you hear that Texas
00:28
is a state you think will never do it, is inching towards it as well.
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So Texas, you know, they introduced a bill this week which would allow the legislature
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to amend the state constitution to then legalize gambling.
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So essentially this would have to pass first the House, then the Senate, then it would
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go towards voters in November on the ballot, and they would get to essentially pick whether
00:51
or not they want sports betting legalized.
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Now whenever sports betting has actually been able to get to the ballot in the state, it's
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usually passed.
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California is the only time it hasn't happened, and that was a very interesting, unique circumstance
01:03
with the tribes and everything over there.
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But in Texas, this has been tried before.
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The legislature only meets in odd years, which is very strange, so that's been a big roadblock
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to getting this done.
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But beyond that, it's been the lieutenant governor, Dan Patrick, who has pretty much
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said that he will not be in favor of any gambling expansion.
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And the reason that's important is because he presides over the Senate.
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He basically determines what gets a vote, what even the Senate gets to take up.
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So as of right now, he's very aligned with the religious kind of right-wing, Old South
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base in Texas that doesn't want gambling expansion.
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That could change, possibly.
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There was some speculation about whether he would be leaving, but as of right now, he's
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against it.
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So while this is a good kind of momentum, at least to bring the idea to the table, it's
01:51
really going to take him turning around.
01:52
But Texas has got a lot of attention as of late.
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The Adelmans obviously own the Dallas Mavericks now.
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They also own half of the publicly traded gambling companies, so they have a lot of
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influence and a lot of big reason to want sports betting legalized.
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Jerry Jones owns the Cowboys, has been a big proponent, as well as Mark Cuban, former owner
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of the Mavs.
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And we're really seeing the companies themselves focus on Texas as something they want to get
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over the finish line this year.
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But it's all going to come down to politics at the end of the day.
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The governor's in favor of it.
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They're getting more support, but unless the lieutenant governor changes his mind, it might
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be another uphill battle this year for Texas.
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