After years of legislative inaction, popular sports betting apps FanDuel and DraftKings are funding a ballot initiative to allow for Missourians to place bets on their phones, in casinos and at sporting venues.
They are facing well-funded opposition: Missourians Against the Deceptive Online Gambling Amendment. This group says the measure known as Amendment 2 won’t actually provide much money to help education as proponents contend.
Brooke Foster, a spokesperson for the anti-amendment group, said on the latest episode of the Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air that the measure will instead enrich the two sports betting apps funding the “yes” side of the initiative.
