Texas House committee will hear expanded gambling bills Wednesday
The Texas House State Affairs committee Wednesday is scheduled to debate bills that would expand gambling, offering a first look at whether the legislation could pass this session.Updated at 8:15 p.m. with testimony before the committee.
Gambling other than bets on parimutuel horse and dog racing is barred by the state constitution, so casino and mobile sports betting would require a constitutional amendment. That means a two-thirds majority vote is needed in both chambers before a bill makes it to the governor’s desk. If signed by the governor, Texas voters would have the final say in a November referendum.Mobile sports betting
Under Leach’s bill, pro sports teams would partner with a mobile sportsbook, like DraftKings or FanDuel, to offer sports betting in Texas. The bill also sets a 10% tax rate on the gross gaming revenue, which is the amount of money Texans lose to betting. The funds would be earmarked for public education funding and to the Texas Education Agency for property tax relief.
Ward also said that during Super Bowl week, there were 84,000 blocked attempts and 73,000 last weekend during March Madness.
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