New Emerson College Poll Shows Voters Split on Missouri Sports Betting

Maybe voters don t overwhelmingly approve of the legalization of Missouri sports betting as once thought?

A new published by Emerson College shows Missouri voters are split on the potential legalization of sports betting. Voters may be faced with this question in November, as a state coalition of professional sports teams are trying to place a sports betting referendum on the state s November general election ballot.

Emerson College Polling/The Hill conducted a survey of 1,000 registered voters from June 17 to 19.

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