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VIDEO: Will Texans get to vote on legalizing casinos and sports betting?

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By Katie Serrano

January 5, 2025

Thirty-eight states have legalized sports betting, but Texas isn’t one of them.
Sen. Carol Alvarado, a Democrat from Houston, is hoping to change that during the upcoming legislative session.

Her proposal would allow Texas voters to decide whether to amend the state constitution to allow sports betting and build seven casinos across the state.

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38 states have legalized sports betting, but Texas isn’t one of them. Sen. Carol Alvarado, a Democrat from Houston, is hoping to change that during the upcoming legislative session. Her proposal would allow Texas voters to decide whether to amend the state constitution to allow sports betting and build seven casinos across the state.

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  • Katie Serrano

    Katie Serrano is the DFW Political Reporter for Courier Texas. She received both her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree from the University of Arkansas in Editorial Journalism and News Narratives. She is passionate about making local journalism accessible and engaging young audiences, and has worked in editing, content management, newsletter production, social media marketing and data reporting. When not obsessing over the news she can be found with her nose in a romance novel, walking her Bernese Mountain Dog around her Lower Greenville neighborhood, or watching reruns of The Great British Bake Off.

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