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Sports wagering is still illegal in Missouri as the [state's](https://gitea.metacomplex.ca/tamaray892060) only Power Four football program begins its routine season Thursday. It will stay unlawful when the season ends.
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- Missouri's first legal online and retail sportsbooks won't go live till Dec. 1, indicating no legal bets for the entire college [football regular](https://gitea.metacomplex.ca/tamaray892060) season.
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- DraftKings and FanDuel, the [leading](https://gitea.metacomplex.ca/tamaray892060) two operators by market share, plan to release Dec. 1, along with a number of other national sportsbooks.
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- The hold-up will cost Missouri millions in lost tax earnings and keeps bettors from wagering on the bulk of 2025 football games.
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Missouri's first legal online and retail sportsbooks won't go live till Dec. 1. This implies gamblers in the Show Me State will not have a possibility to place a legal bet for the totality of the college football regular season.
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That includes the University of Missouri's opener versus Central Arkansas on Thursday through the Nov. 29 season ending at Arkansas.
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Missouri bettors will have the ability to bank on the College Football Playoff in addition to the tail end of the NFL regular season. But Missouri will miss out on the vast bulk of prospective bets put on football, far and away the most wagered-upon sport in America.
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Come 2026, Missouri gamblers will be able to wager on point spreads, overalls, and moneylines for Mizzou and other in-state programs, unlike a restriction in neighboring Illinois that prevents bets on the state's colleges, offering a little alleviation reward.
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Missouri sports wagering background
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Missouri voters directly authorized legal sportsbooks on the November 2024 tally. Just like the other 39 states that have actually authorized legal sportsbooks, regulators needed to complete extra requirements, including licensing constraints, monetary reporting, and a host of other crucial mandates.
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The Missouri Gaming Commission (MGC), charged with executing these policies and certifying the future sportsbooks, announced it would finish that work so sportsbooks could [release](https://gitea.metacomplex.ca/tamaray892060) by June 30. The eight-month turn-around from voter approval to first bet would have put it in line with a lot of the other legal sports wagering states.
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Instead, the launch was pushed back to the current possible date.
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Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, chose statewide on the same 2024 ballot that approved sports betting, rejected the MGC's ask for "emergency situation" guidelines that would have accelerated the regulative process. Hoskins figured out the rules didn't meet the [expedition](https://gitea.metacomplex.ca/tamaray892060) limit, which pushed the launch date back to Dec. 1 - the last possible date permitted under the constitutional amendment gone by voters on the ballot.
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This means Missouri will go almost 13 months from legal sports [betting approval](https://gitea.metacomplex.ca/tamaray892060) to first bet, among the longest turnarounds in the nation. It will likewise cost the state countless dollars in lost tax income.
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Sportsbooks still excited
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The postponed start has not lessened sportsbooks' interest in Missouri.
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Nine sportsbooks revealed Missouri sports betting launch plans, with more possibly set to follow. This consists of many of the [major nationwide](https://gitea.metacomplex.ca/tamaray892060) brand names that comprise the huge bulk of the nation's legal betting manage.
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DraftKings, the No. 2 operator by market share, currently made a mobile sports [wagering](https://gitea.metacomplex.ca/tamaray892060) license. FanDuel, the No. 1 operator by share, partnered with MLS club St. Louis CITY SC for Missouri market access and, like DraftKings, [anticipates](https://gitea.metacomplex.ca/tamaray892060) to go live Dec. 1.
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Combined, the two books invested more than $40 million supporting the sports betting approval ballot step.
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Circa Sportsbook, the Nevada-based operator understood for inviting "sharp" bettors, likewise made a sports wagering license.
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Other national brands, consisting of BetMGM, Caesars, Fanatics, bet365, and ESPN BET, also announced launch plans. Underdog, much better understood for its fantasy choice 'em offerings, has also applied for a mobile sports wagering license.
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Other leading books that might look for [licensure](https://gitea.metacomplex.ca/tamaray892060) [consist](https://gitea.metacomplex.ca/tamaray892060) of Acid rock, BetRivers, and Bally Bet.
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The application due date to go live before the Dec. 1 launch date is Sept. 12.
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State law permits retail books at Missouri gambling establishments along with within or surrounding to the arenas of 6 significant teams. Most of Missouri's 13 casinos announced retail book opening strategies, but it is uncertain if or when any will open.
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