Several versions of a sports betting petition were filed Friday with Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s office, which must approve an initiative summary before supporters can start gathering the roughly 180,000 signatures needed to qualify for the ballot by a May deadline.
“We’re not optimistic that kind of dynamic within the Missouri Senate will change,” Whittle said.Īs professional sports teams waited for a resolution on sports betting, lawmakers passed various other high-profile issues, including expanded gun rights and restrictions on transgender health care treatments.
