Jim Crane, Jerry Jones, Tilman Fertitta, Cal McNair and Peter J. Holt have all attached their big names and Texas pro sports franchises to the same state-changing proposal.
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.
With Super Bowl 57 looming and March Madness — which features the NCAA men’s Final Four in Houston — a month away, the sports-betting conversation in Texas will only become louder. “This is the most momentum we’ve ever had. All of us are very confident in our chances to at least get this to a floor vote,” said Cara Gustafson, spokesperson for the TSBA. “We’re all very optimistic — granted, always cautiously optimistic in the Texas legislature — but we all believe that the time is now and that we’re in a really good place to actually get this to the November ballot.”
In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court removed a federal law that prohibited most states from allowing sports betting. Thirty five of 50 states now allow it and that number continues to rise.
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