When the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl this month, there were more than 250,000 attempts to bet on the game from online accounts in Missouri.
All of those attempts were blocked, said Sean Ostrow, a lobbyist for the Sports Betting Alliance, representing BetMGM, DraftKings, FanDuel and Fanatics. Ostrow on Wednesday urged lawmakers to approve a bill that would legalize and tax sports betting in Missouri as gamblers continue to trickle into Kansas to place bets.
“It’s a significant loss for Missouri,” he said. “Hundreds of thousands of people want to be able to bet on their favorite teams.”
