After 16K Missourians blocked from Kansas sports betting, some Missouri legislators vow to prioritize legalization

Saturday, September 3, 2022 5:01 PM
  • Jonathan Ketz, WDAF-TV

Republican State Senator Caleb Rowden and the future top lawmaker of the chamber says sports betting is a priority of his next legislative session, especially after Kansas made it legal during their last legislative session.

“I hear about it literally almost as much as any issue with at least my circle of friends,” Rowden said in an interview with FOX4 Friday…

New data might support the sports betting interest in Missouri.

The company GeoComply confirms 16,000 people tried to make a bet in Missouri on Thursday, but were blocked because they weren’t in Kansas. Of those people, 60% of them were in Kansas City, Missouri.