Is it Legal to Bet the Super Bowl Online From Texas?
In May 2018 the U.S. Supreme Court paved the way for sports betting in all 50 states. Offshore sportsbooks have always been accessible from the great state of Texas, and will be offering hundreds of prop bets for this year's Super Bowl, but will the state itself ever allow sportsbooks to operate in-state?
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The short answer is NO.
Yep, even with the Dallas Cowboys, Houston Rockets, Texas Rangers, A&M Aggies, and the list goes on and on....
“(Lt. Gov.) Dan Patrick controls the agenda of the Texas Senate, and no legislation he opposes is going to pass,” said Mark Jones, a political science fellow at Rice University. “His opposition to this is steadfast.”
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The official platform of the state’s Republican party includes a line stating opposition to legalized gambling.
“The state has decided to export its gambling dollars to Lake Charles, to Shreveport, to Oklahoma, and to Las Vegas,” said Matt Mackowiak, a Republican strategist and former press secretary of Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. “The question is, how long is Texas going to be satisfied sending those dollars elsewhere?”
Of course the irony here is that Texas probably has more online gamblers than any state besides California. The appetite for gambling on sports is enormous and sports fans are just thrilled the U.S. Supreme Court saw the light and that gambling sites are accessible from the Lone Star State.
- Ean Lamb, Gambling911.com
