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Missouri State Representative Dan Shaul really wants legal Sports Betting in his state. In a perfect world, that would mean mobile and retail Sports Betting in a “trustworthy” environment, and he says just about anything in his HB 2088, which was sent to the House floor last week, is open to negotiation.
“I dream of a Sports Betting utopia where people can have fair, trustworthy bets that are regulated, so if my mom bets on what commercial is best liked during the Super Bowl, she is treated fairly,” he told Sports Handle Monday. “I think mobile betting is a must.”
HB 2088 calls for state-wide retail and mobile Sports Betting with the mobile piece being tethered to a bricks-and-mortar sportsbook. Sports Betting would take place via kiosk and the Missouri Lottery would be the regulator. The bill also deals in large part with video lottery terminals.
The bill calls for a 9% tax on gross gaming revenue, and does include a mandate for the use of “official league data,” but does not include an “integrity fee” or royalty. Two other bills, one each in the Senate and House, do call for a payment benefiting professional leagues and the NCAA. No state with legal Sports Betting has yet included an integrity fee — a cut off the top of handle — and Shaul doesn’t see the need for it in Missouri, either.
“I think from my point of view, the integrity fee, we don’t need it,” he said. “No other state has it and there are other ways we keep MLB and the other sports leagues happy without an integrity fee.”
In his bill, the way to keep the pro leagues “happy” is via the data mandate, though Shaul says even that is negotiable. Missouri is home to four major professional sports teams, the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs, Major League Baseball’s St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals, and the NHL St Louis Blues. The state lost its second NFL franchise after the 2015 season when the Rams left St. Louis for Los Angeles.
Three states have legalized Sports Betting with an official league data requirement to date — Tennessee, Illinois and Michigan. All are currently in the regulatory process and do not yet have live Sports Betting.
Missouri State Representative Dan Shaul really wants legal Sports Betting in his state. In a perfect world, that would mean mobile and retail Sports Betting in a “trustworthy” environment, and he says just about anything in his HB 2088, which was sent to the House floor last week, is open to negotiation.
“I dream of a Sports Betting utopia where people can have fair, trustworthy bets that are regulated, so if my mom bets on what commercial is best liked during the Super Bowl, she is treated fairly,” he told Sports Handle Monday. “I think mobile betting is a must.”
HB 2088 calls for state-wide retail and mobile Sports Betting with the mobile piece being tethered to a bricks-and-mortar sportsbook. Sports Betting would take place via kiosk and the Missouri Lottery would be the regulator. The bill also deals in large part with video lottery terminals.
The bill calls for a 9% tax on gross gaming revenue, and does include a mandate for the use of “official league data,” but does not include an “integrity fee” or royalty. Two other bills, one each in the Senate and House, do call for a payment benefiting professional leagues and the NCAA. No state with legal Sports Betting has yet included an integrity fee — a cut off the top of handle — and Shaul doesn’t see the need for it in Missouri, either.
“I think from my point of view, the integrity fee, we don’t need it,” he said. “No other state has it and there are other ways we keep MLB and the other sports leagues happy without an integrity fee.”
In his bill, the way to keep the pro leagues “happy” is via the data mandate, though Shaul says even that is negotiable. Missouri is home to four major professional sports teams, the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs, Major League Baseball’s St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals, and the NHL St Louis Blues. The state lost its second NFL franchise after the 2015 season when the Rams left St. Louis for Los Angeles.
Three states have legalized Sports Betting with an official league data requirement to date — Tennessee, Illinois and Michigan. All are currently in the regulatory process and do not yet have live Sports Betting.
