#Dan Houx

The bill is the second piece of legislation to be introduced in Missouri this week for the new 2023 state legislative session that runs through May 12. Missouri is back on track to join the list of states with legal sports betting in the U.S. House Rep. Phil Christofanelli (R-St. Peters) sponsored House Bill 581 on Wednesday,legislation designed to…

Missouri lawmakers should proceed carefully as they consider bringing sports gambling to the state. They should learn from the mistakes in Kansas, which, as most readers know, enabled sports betting earlier this year. The results have been mixed: Residents and visitors have placed wagers as expected, but revenue to the state has fallen far short of…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Sports fans can place a wager in any of Missouri's neighboring states, but not within the borders of the Show Me State. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say Missouri is playing a losing hand after not legalizing sports betting. It's a big question many Missourians want to know: When will I legally be allowed to place a…

JEFFERSON CITY, Miss. - Despite not being in session, Rep. Dan Houx filed a sports betting bill in Missouri. But, the bill filed Wednesday but may not get the consideration needed. The session called by Governor Mike Parsons is for finalizing agriculture tax credits. But Governor Parsons has the ability to modify the session's agenda. This comes…

Missouri state lawmaker Dan Houx doesn't see the Kansas City Chiefs leaving Missouri. He's even more confident they won't leave Missouri for Kansas. Kansas launched retail and online sports betting through state-operated casinos on Sept. 1 under legislation passed last May. That law puts a 10 percent tax on operator revenue, with the majority of…

The first three weeks of sports betting in Kansas have gone smoothly, according to one of the state's main regulators. Kansas Lottery Executive Director Stephen Durrell told LSR last week there have been no struggles since the KS sports betting market opened Sept. 1. There are six operators taking bets, including 2.4 million in the…

A new Missouri sports betting bill has been introduced during a special legislative session, but Gov. Mike Parson (R) is unlikely to allow it to be heard until the regularly scheduled 2023 legislative session. Rep. Dan Houx (R) introduced a new sports betting bill, HB 4, during the first day of a special legislative session last week and the bill…

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson ended all hopes for legal wagering in 2022 Monday when he announced that sports betting could not be voted on during a series of special sessions he called. In Missouri, a governor who calls a special session can dictate what topics will be discussed, and Parson never had legal sports betting in mind when he called the…

While the governor wants the focus on a tax cut, some in the legislature see an opportunity to revisit legal sports betting. Another push for sports betting in Missouri is being mounted by lawmakers in the state - even if the governor doesn't think the timing is right. Members of the Missouri House of Representatives and Senate are back at work to…

Six of the eight states that border Missouri now have legal online sports betting available, leaving the remaining illegal status of sports betting in Missouri as more of an outlier than ever. One state legislature member is giving the body the opportunity to address that. The Missouri legislature is currently in a special session and considering…

A bill to legalize was introduced this week during a legislative special session at the Capitol in Jefferson City. Other recent developments nationwide include an overall sports-betting update in Louisiana and a decision in Massachusetts to hold off on announcing when wagering can begin. On Wednesday, Rep. Dan Houx, R-Warrensburg, introduced House…