A pitch by Missouri’s professional sports teams to legalize sports betting inched forward Tuesday after Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft signed off on final ballot language for the campaign.
The next play for organizers is to choose one of eight versions to put before voters and then begin collecting the necessary 170,000 signatures across the state in order to place a question on the ballot.
The latest attempt to bring legalized sports wagering to the Show-Me State is being led by a coalition of Missouri’s professional sports teams, including the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team, St. Louis Blues hockey team and St. Louis City soccer club.
