After Texans embraced Democrats for the first time in decades during the 2026 midterms, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones sees a fresh opening for legislation he has long supported.
Jones voiced support for legalizing sports gambling during his weekly Friday interview on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas, the Cowboys’ flagship radio station. He has pushed for the change before but suggested turnover in the Legislature and governor’s office could help make it happen.
“It is a plus in my mind with the best place in the world for sports, Texas, for us to have the gaming and hopefully the new turnover, you might say, in the politics will see it that way,” he said.
Texas is one of 11 states that completely ban sports gambling. In 2024, Jones said Texas was losing “huge amounts of revenue” by not legalizing sports betting. In 2021, he said he believed gambling could eventually become common in Texas.
