The Cowboys, the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, Major League Baseball’s Texas Rangers and other top-tier pro teams already have the Sports Betting Alliance (SBA) in place.
The coalition told the Dallas Morning News it supports a push to allow state voters to decide on overturning the Texas sports wagering ban.
“Unregulated and illegal sports gambling is already taking place in the State of Texas,” Charlotte Jones, the Cowboys’ executive VP and chief brand officer, told the newspaper, according to an SBA release.
“Legalized sports betting would regulate the industry and generate hundreds of millions of dollars of new revenue for the state which will help fund critical programs without raising taxes.”
Jones, with a net worth north of $5 billion, is comfortable giving the process a kick start. His comments are far from isolated commentary; they’re just the latest campaign strategy toward what most in Texas see as an inevitable outcome. Jones is just trying to make it happen sooner.
The coalition told the Dallas Morning News it supports a push to allow state voters to decide on overturning the Texas sports wagering ban.
“Unregulated and illegal sports gambling is already taking place in the State of Texas,” Charlotte Jones, the Cowboys’ executive VP and chief brand officer, told the newspaper, according to an SBA release.
“Legalized sports betting would regulate the industry and generate hundreds of millions of dollars of new revenue for the state which will help fund critical programs without raising taxes.”
Jones, with a net worth north of $5 billion, is comfortable giving the process a kick start. His comments are far from isolated commentary; they’re just the latest campaign strategy toward what most in Texas see as an inevitable outcome. Jones is just trying to make it happen sooner.