Kansas Remains Battleground State for Sports Betting Integrity Fees
Kansas lawmakers are going to school on sports betting again … and being lobbied for an integrity fee, again. But the Day 2 of their hearing was cancelled.
The Genesis of Missouri Lawmaker’s New Spin on Sports Betting...
Missouri state senator Denny Hoskins (D-District 21) isn’t opposed to a sports betting “integrity fee” — an off-the-top cut of all wagers. He’s just not willing to give it to the professional leagues. Hoskins said it’s not unusual for owners of…
Missouri Lawmaker May Put Entertaining New Twist on ‘Integrity Fee’
Days after Representative Dean Plocher, (R-District 89) told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that he anticipates sports betting “being out there” for discussion when the Missouri state legislature returns to session in January, Senator Denny Hoskins (D-District 21) is preparing to pre-file…
Missouri Lawmakers Will Continue Push for Sports Betting
Add Missouri to the growing list of states set to consider sports betting legislation in 2019. “I certainly anticipate it being out there (in 2019) for discussion before the House and the Senate,” Representative Dean Plocher, (R-Des Peres) told the…
Arkansas, Louisiana Voters to Decide on Legal Sports Betting, DFS
Voters in six states will decide issues related to gaming during the mid-term elections on Tuesday, but only two will consider measures directly related to sports betting and daily fantasy sports. Arkansans will have the opportunity to issue casino licenses…
Week 9 College Football Picks: Take Iowa Over Overvalued Penn State
Each week we’ll be providing our top college football picks. Also check out our NFL “Lookahead Lines” story, finding value (or not) by comparing earlier lines, and identifying recency bias. Back to the college game (season record: 11-9) … This week…
Korman’s Views on What Sports Betting in Missouri Should Look Like
If Missouri Representative Bart Korman were a betting man, he’d say that neighboring Kansas will beat Missouri to the sports-betting punch. Why? Because Missouri’s state legislature is currently handcuffed by a governor battling felony charges and because, in Korman’s view,…
Status of Sports Betting Bills Around the Nation as Sessions Wind Down
As the Supreme Court continues to mull over Murphy v NCAA, nearly 20 states across the U.S. have taken up the issue of legalizing sports betting in their respective legislatures. But so far, only Pennsylvania and West Virginia have passed laws…
How a Sex Scandal Is Slowing Missouri’s Ability to Legalize Sports
The odds of a Missouri sports-betting bill crystallizing have plummeted recently. And not because lawmakers aren’t interested in developing a new revenue stream for their state. As Republican Governor Eric Greitens continues to fight felony charges for invasion of privacy,…
Missouri Searches for ‘Goldilocks’ Among Sports Betting Bills
At a Missouri House Budget Committee hearing on Wednesday, lawmakers heard from sponsors of three separate bills that would implement Missouri sports betting under markedly different frameworks. As in numerous other states examining the possibility of authorizing the kind of…
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