Years of political bickering have kept sports betting outlawed in Missouri while all but one of its eight bordering states have approved the activity, but it now seems likely that voters will decide its legality in November.
“Winning for Missouri Education,” a group that has received funding from sportsbook behemoths DraftKings and FanDuel, announced this week that more than 300,000 signatures have been collected in its initiative-petition campaign to put the issue before Missouri voters as a constitutional amendment. To put the measure on the ballot, approximately 180,000 valid signatures must be submitted to the Missouri Secretary of State by May 5.