The silver lining for proponents of sports wagering is that the enacting legislation to create a legal framework for betting, should the constitution be amended to allow it, also passed the House yesterday, which means the law could go into effect quickly if the constitutional amendment survives the next steps.
The semicoherence of the various statements made remarks from Democrat Trey Martinez Fischer seem downright refreshing: He indicated in an email to his colleagues in March that he'd like to see the gambling issue revisited in another session, perhaps after lobbyists in favor of legalization increased their campaign contributions to Democrats, which was at least easier to make sense of than his colleagues' condemnations of wokeness and WNBA boosterism.
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