Missouri Sports Betting Initiative Submits Over 340,000 Signatures for Ballot Inclusion

Professional sports teams in Missouri rally to support a ballot measure that could legalize sports betting, aiming for voter approval in November.

More than 340,000 signatures were collected by Missouri's professional sports teams to place a sports betting initiative on the November ballot.
The initiative, backed by major sports teams and betting companies, seeks to legalize onsite and mobile sports betting.
If approved, the measure would allocate funds from sports betting taxes to education and problem gambling programs.
The campaign, frustrated by legislative inaction, aims to bypass the Senate where previous bills have stalled.
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft is tasked with verifying the signatures before the proposal can officially appear on the ballot.