Why Faith Leaders Lost the Battle Against Online Sports Betting
Legalized sports gambling now represents billions of dollars. Faith leaders in the few holdout states know the odds are against stopping it.
Texas Gambling Opponents Ready for Battle
With major professional sports teams supporting efforts to legalize sports betting and one of the world’s largest gambling companies backing a multimillion-dollar lobbying effort on behalf of casinos, gambling opponents recognize the potential for a David-and-Goliath battle in the Texas Legislature. Read full piece
Gambling with Our Lives
As states across the country shut down non-essential businesses in March and April, debates started about what should count as essential. But one unessential business apparently remained open as “essential” across the country: state lotteries.
Sports Betting Bill Stumbles From Starting Gate in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — In a state where betting on the Kentucky Derby is seen as a rite of passage, efforts to legalize wagering on other sports have barely gotten out of the starting gate.
Sports Gambling: Pastors Ready for Fallout
NASHVILLE (BP) -- Americans are expected to wager more than $8 billion on this year's NCAA men's basketball tournament. A LifeWay Research survey conducted last fall found if sports gambling does become legal in their state, many pastors are already planning their response.
Abortion, Marijuana, Gambling Win, Lose in States
NASHVILLE (BP) -- Abortion rights, marijuana use and legalized gambling drew mixed results on state ballots across the U.S. Nov. 6.
Jefferson City voters veto casino gambling
JEFFERSON CITY — Voters in Jefferson City voted down a pair of attempts to open Missouri’s capital city to riverboat or casino gambling, defeating a pair of charter amendments on April 8. A ballot measure calling for voters to repeal a city charter ban on
Jefferson City voters to face decision on riverboat gambling
By Bill Webb Word&Way Editor JEFFERSON CITY — Voters in Missouri’s capital will make a decision April 8 either to overturn a ban on riverboat gambling or to keep casinos out of the community. Opponents of casino gambling in the city organized shortly