As of today that are well-positioned to make a concerted push in 2025 to finally obtain the long-awaited prize of casino gambling and online sports betting in the Lone Star State,”<\/strong> Jones told Casino.org.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nAccording to Jones, future legislation will likely be similar to the bills considered during this session. There is insufficient time to enact a bill this year as the current session ends on May 29. The next legislative session begins in 2025 when legislators are expected to pick up the issue again.<\/p>\n
Before that, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) could theoretically call for a special sports betting and casino bills session.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf and when he calls a special session, that is extraordinarily unlikely, really impossible,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n
Texas on Right Track<\/h2>\n Andy Abboud, senior vice president of government relations at Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS), which lobbied heavily for the casino legislation, said he was encouraged by the progress made in the legislature.<\/p>\n
Our efforts to bring destination resorts to Texas took an extraordinary step forward with the vote in the Texas House of Representatives,\u201d Abboud was quoted by the Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em>. \u201cAlthough it narrowly fell short of the two-thirds threshold of support required for a constitutional amendment, there is no question that our efforts are on the right track.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe proposal called for up to eight destination resorts in the state. Houston and Dallas region would have gotten two casinos each, while San Antonio, Austin, Corpus Christi, and McAllen would each have one casino.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Even though casino legislation recently died in the Texas House of Representatives, observers say it likely will get reconsidered two years from now and eventually will win approval.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":274482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,61],"tags":[81899,81901,82459],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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