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Legalized Sports Betting

Legalized sports betting is set to launch Dec. 1, 2025, in Missouri. Voters narrowly passed the constitutional amendment last November, which includes language to allow for additional funds to be allocated for Compulsive Gambling Prevention. A recent article published in the Missouri Independent on June 24 by Ceilidh Kern, Beacon's Missouri statehouse reporter, discusses some of the possible risks and benefits of legalized sports betting. The full article is available here.