Efforts to legalize sports activities betting in Missouri have one main supporter – the Super Bowl champion Kansas City 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 group reaffirmed its help for legalization final week. Chiefs President Mark Donovan gave main credit score to the St. Louis Cardinals for main the efforts on Friday, but in addition stated the franchise is absolutely behind the efforts.
“I’ve spent more time in Jefferson City (the state capital) on that issue, than just about any other issue,” Donovan said in a news conference because the group ready for coaching camp. “We really believe it’s the right thing. We think it’s good for the state. We think it’s good for fans of the sport and other sports. And we think it’s a proven entity. It’s something that’s worked at a pretty significant level in about every state surrounding the state of Missouri, so we are very much in support 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 May. According to media stories, the group wanted about 171,000 legitimate signatures to put the problem on the poll.
Backers went effectively 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.
Once obtained, the secretary of state’s workplace has three extra weeks to course of the petitions and county clerks are actually charged with verifying the signatures.
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