Efforts to legalize sports activities betting in Missouri have one main supporter – the Tremendous Bowl champion Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. An initiative is underway within the state so as to add the problem to the November poll, giving voters the possibility to resolve the matter.
The workforce reaffirmed its assist for legalization final week. Chiefs President Mark Donovan gave main credit score to the St. Louis Cardinals for main the efforts on Friday, but additionally stated the franchise is absolutely behind the efforts.
“I’ve spent extra time in Jefferson Metropolis (the state capital) on that problem, than simply about some other problem,” Donovan stated in a information convention because the workforce ready for coaching camp. “We actually consider it’s the proper factor. We expect it’s good for the state. We expect it’s good for followers of the game and different sports activities. And we predict it’s a confirmed entity. It’s one thing that’s labored at a reasonably vital degree in about each state surrounding the state of Missouri, so we’re very a lot in assist of that.”
Missouri is just one of a few dozen states that haven’t legalized sports activities betting. The voter initiative would legalize on-line betting in addition to authorize an extra on line casino on the Lake of the Ozarks.
A coalition of groups together with the Cardinals, Chiefs, Blues, and Royals submitted the petition to the state in Could. In keeping with media experiences, the group wanted about 171,000 legitimate signatures to put the problem on the poll.
Backers went nicely above that quantity, with 340,000 signatures for the sports activities betting proposal and 320,000 for the on line casino plan. The petition drive got here after failed efforts towards legalization within the legislature over the previous few years.
As soon as obtained, the secretary of state’s workplace has three extra weeks to course of the petitions and county clerks at the moment are charged with verifying the signatures.
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