Momentum is gathering for a sports betting ballot initiative campaign.
The Winning for Missouri Education campaign reported today it has surpassed 100,000 collected signatures for a sports betting ballot initiative. The campaign needs to collect roughly 180,000 valid signatures to place a Missouri sports betting initiative on the November general election ballot.
Six Missouri professional sports teams are behind the campaign to allow Missouri voters to decide the state s sports betting fate.
Ahead of Schedule
The Winning for Missouri Education campaign reported in a press release that it is ahead of schedule in its signature collecting phase. The campaign is planning to submit more than 300,000 signatures to the Missouri Secretary of State by its May 5 deadline…