After two sports betting bills passed the Missouri House and died in the Senate in 2022 and, respectively, 2023 to mark repeated attempts to legalize sports betting in the state, a coalition of six major sports teams including the Kansas City Chiefs, Royals and Current is reportedly launching a campaign to put sports gambling on the 2024 ballot. Initiative to Launch Sports Betting in Missouri: As Missouri Independent (MI) reports, the initiative, financially supported by two sports betting platforms, represents […]

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New gambling initiatives in Florida have been unable to obtain enough signatures to meet the 2022 ballot. Florida Education Champions was working on a measure involving sports betting in the state while Florida Voters in Charge was hopeful that new casinos would be approved. Both initiatives required 891,589 verified signatures by February 1. Failure to Achieve Enough Signatures Despite their best efforts, both groups were unable to reach the desired signature amounts. There is a signature distribution requirement in the […]

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In the southern American state of Virginia and casino operator Rush Street Gaming has announced the commencement of building work for its coming Rivers Casino Portsmouth development. The Chicago-headquartered firm used an official Tuesday press release to declare that the $300 million facility is now scheduled to open on a 57-acre parcel of land located about three miles southwest of downtown Portsmouth in ‘early 2023’ complete with a large casino, a four-star hotel and a 3,000-seat live entertainments lounge. The company […]

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The Seminole Tribe of Florida is allegedly paying petition-gathering firms to stay away from its home state as it reportedly looks to scupper rival efforts that could result in legalized online sportsbetting being brought to ‘The Sunshine State.’ According to a Monday report from the online news domain at Politico.com, revelations of this supposed ‘blocking’ campaign come less than a month after the federally-recognized tribe’s own legalized online sportsbetting effort was scuppered by a federal court ruling. This decision in […]

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In the southern American state of Arkansas and voters could soon reportedly be given the chance to approve a local constitutional amendment that would legalize a further 16 casinos including two each for the areas around the cities of Little Rock and West Memphis. According to a Monday report from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper, a pro-casino group calling itself Arkansas Wins in 2020 Incorporated officially submitted a petition in hopes that the government for ‘The Natural State’ will put just […]

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In Oregon and a pair of property developers have reportedly filed for permission to launch a ballot initiative so as to be able to take a third run at convincing local voters to legalize the western American state’s first non-tribal casino. According to a Friday report from the Salem Reporter newspaper, Matt Rossman and Bruce Studer lodged their application with the office of Oregon Secretary of State Beverly Clarno (pictured) late last week in hopes of eventually being given permission […]

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After failing to collect enough signatures to have a pro-casino constitutional amendment placed before voters in 2016, the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska is reportedly set to launch a second campaign that would seek to bring casino gambling to ‘The Cornhusker State.’ Hoping to get question on 2020 ballot: According to a Sunday report from the Sioux City Journal newspaper, the federally-recognized tribe’s Ho-Chunk Incorporated economic development vehicle is planning to partner with the Nebraska Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association in […]

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An amendment that would give Florida voters the power to limit gambling expansion in the state has surpassed 400,000 petition signatures, according to The News Service of Florida. The Voter Control of Gambling Amendment has been in the works for several years in the Sunshine State, with efforts by the Voters in Charge Committee to place the initiated constitutional amendment on the November 6, 2018, ballot. The organization is sponsoring the ballot initiative which would usurp local referendums and give […]

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In the works for several years, Florida’s Voter Control of Gambling amendment has finally surpassed 100,000 signatures according to the state’s Division of Elections records. The constitutional amendment, if placed on the 2018 ballot, would give Florida voters the power to limit gambling expansion in the state. According to the Florida Constitution, the drive’s sponsor will need more than half a million more signature to pass the benchmark of 766,200 to certify the initiative for placement on the ballot. According […]

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Ho-Chunk Inc. has decided to sue Northstar Campaign Systems after a petition drive they attempted in efforts to see a referendum placed on the ballot in Nebraska for casino gaming failed. The Ho-Chunk tribe were behind a drive to see casino gambling legalized in the state via horse racing tracks and their efforts failed as the signatures collected had a high error rate. The polling company was unable to get enough valid signatures with their campaign which caused the issue […]

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