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Abbott and Patrick have received thousands from advocates for legal gambling in Texas. The Texas Sands PAC has spent about $1.5 million since February, Texas Ethics Commission records show. That ...
Lawmakers who authored proposals to let Texas voters decide on expanded casino gaming and legalize sports delayed the next round of voting on the proposals until later Thursday.
Further legalizing casino gambling or allowing sports betting Texas would have to go to voters as a constitutional amendment. But before that, proposals would have to pass out of the House and Senate.
Finally, in 1987, Texas voters approved a referendum legalizing parimutuel wagering again and creating the Texas Racing Commission, with a local election required in any county to allow a track. [26] Simulcast wagering at tracks was legalized in 1991.
The proposal to legalize online sports betting received 101 votes in the House, one above the supermajority threshold, but the bill to legalize casino gambling died without receiving a vote. Neither effort was expected to succeed in the Texas Senate due to opposition from Republican senators and lieutenant governor Dan Patrick. [10] [11]
For the 2023 legislative session, Texas took gambling legislation to a new level. Before the session began, legislators filed five gambling bills. Some look to legalize sports betting as well as casino gambling while others look for harsher punishments for breaking Texas gambling laws.
The Dallas Mavericks and casino giant Las Vegas Sands could soon be closely linked, raising the question: Is more gambling coming to Texas? Owner Mark Cuban is selling a majority stake in the ...
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas, 596 U.S. ___ (2022), was a United States Supreme Court case dealing with whether the state of Texas could control and regulate gambling on Texan Native American reservations. In a 5–4 decision issued in June 2022, the Court ruled that the Restoration Act bans only gaming activities also banned by the state of ...