Spotlight Sports betting debuts in Missouri. Here's how it happened. From staff reports Dec 1, 2025 Dec 1, 2025 0 SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Getting legalized sports betting in Missouri was a yearslong effort. As of today, Missouri residents can wager on sports legally. kAm%96 DF446DD7F= 32==@E :?:E:2E:G6 <:4<65 @77 H:E9 AC@76DD:@?2= E62>DV >2D4@ED 56=:G6C:?8 D:8?65 A6E:E:@?D :? y6776CD@? r:EJ]k^Am Politics Coalition submits signatures to put sports betting on the Missouri ballot Alyse Pfeil kAm$A@CED E62>D 2?5 36EE:?8 4@>A2?:6D 7F?565 E96 42>A2:8? E@ 4@?G:?46 G@E6CD E@ A2DD E96 >62DFC6]k^Am Politics Missouri campaign for sports betting spends 5 times more than opposition Jack Suntrup | Post-Dispatch Elections Sports betting narrowly wins in Missouri. ‘Good for the teams,’ DeWitt says Austin Huguelet | Post-Dispatch kAmx?:E:2= C6A@CED D9@H65 2 ?2CC@H H:?i d_]`T] (96? 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