The Astros, Cowboys, Texans, Rockets and Spurs are all in favor of sports betting, but notable gambler Jim McIngvale says no. Columnist Brian T. Smith argues Texans should vote on this issue themselves.
Jim"Mattress Mack" McIngvale holds his betting slips after betting $2 million on the Cowboys to beat the 49ers in the NFL playoffs on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. McIngvale said he is against a bill to legalize mobile sports betting in Texas.Jim Crane, Jerry Jones, Tilman Fertitta and Cal McNair have attached their big names and Texas pro sports franchises to the same state-changing proposal.The owners of the Astros, Cowboys, Rockets, Texans and more insist that it is.
“I’m known as one of the biggest sports gamblers in the world,” McIngvale told the Chronicle. “Everything I do, I bet legally. Driving to Louisiana for two hours is not that much of an inconvenience. And I think all that glitters is not gold. They’ve got to look at it, because I’m concerned that the revenue estimates, as far as what’s going to come into the state, are way overblown.”
Especially in the wide-open state of Texas, which was nationally ahead of the curve by being open for business early during the COVID-19 pandemic and convinced Elon Musk that this huge place was the new ideal home for Tesla. If you are eventually allowed to bet on sports via your phone in Texas, a constitutional amendment is expected to create the contemporary path.
Right now, we’re forced to watch the Caesars Sportsbook TV ad with Peyton, Eli, Cooper and Archie Manning over and over during football season, but we aren’t allowed to legally bet on the Kansas City Chiefs versus the Philadelphia Eagles on our phones in the state we live in. I don’t gamble, mostly because when I have a few times in the past, I’ve immediately lost the $20 that was supposed to become $1,000. But friends and colleagues who love to bet mentioned sketchy offshore websites as the only way to conveniently bet on sports in Texas.
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