While lawmakers are embroiled in controversy, a campaign is moving closer to its goal to place a sports betting initiative question on the state s November general election ballot.
The Winning for Missouri Education campaign today announced it has collected over 300,000 signatures for its initiative to legalize sports betting in Missouri. The campaign needs to collect roughly 180,000 valid signatures to place a sports betting initiative on the state s November general election ballot.
Six Missouri professional sports teams are supporting the campaign to allow Missouri voters to decide the state’s sports betting fate.
Nearing Deadline for Signatures
The campaign has collected over 300,000 signatures so far, but noted it hopes to collect close to 325,000 signat…