We took a little break before the new year, and the digital walls are getting a fresh coat of paint. We also spoke with the
@AP
in the meantime (thanks again to
@DavidALieb
for reaching out) - check out the story:
#letmoplay
In case anyone feels like giving some money to Illinois because Missouri still can’t get its act together and legalize sports betting, the
#stlcards
currently sit at +2000 odds to win the 2023 World Series
Translated: "I'm going to act like a victim, and play to your conservative Midwestern sensibilities with vague buzz-phrases like 'standing up for freedom' so that you'll give me money. Click here if you're an American. We take all major credit cards."
#moleg
@BillEigel
Anecdote - the vast majority of our (as in us, as personal citizens) property tax went to Public Education last year. The very department that would be supported by legalizing
#sportsbetting
. Which would allow you to lower property taxes. Rising tide my man.
#moleg
Did you hear about the disastrous Senate hearing on sports betting this week? We need your help to make our voices heard! If you're already following us, please like and retweet this post. If you're not, give us a follow and help us fight for fair sports betting legislation in
@BillEigel
Oh, come on Bill. You filibustered the vote on sports betting a month before the end of the session because your pal Denny's favorite "special interest" is VLTs! You put yourself in that pickle. Take your lumps.
We're not mad. Just disappointed. Mark your calendars folks,
@DLHoskins
is announcing that he's running for Secretary of State (most likely) on D-Day! June 6th! Because why not make a day about something important all about himself.
#moleg
#SportsBetting
BREAKING: A Sports Wagering bill will NOT pass in Missouri this 2023 session. Multiple sources confirm to me it is dead. That's 5 years the legislature has failed to pass sports wagering.
#Moleg
#sportswagering
Remember when it used to be about veterans? Interesting, Denny. You make no mention of that in this video. Now it's about problem gambling. Keep moving the goalposts so you can say that you won, if that's what you need to do, but just get out of the way already...
#moleg
According to Winning for Missouri Education, more than 62% of Missouri voters support legalizing sports betting to help fund education.
This comes from a poll conducted by the Kansas City Fox News affiliate, Fox4, and Emerson College.
@JusticeHorn_
*Insert obligatory 'if I were a betting man' joke here.*
... we'd put good money on that being Billy Eigel himself. Surprised steam didn't come out of his ears when he didn't know how to answer a question. He's clearly been working hard on keeping that under wraps.
🚨MO Sports Wagering Update
“Winning for Missouri Education" has reported FanDuel & DraftKings gave an additional $2 million this week. The group is campaigning for a constitutional amendment allowing sports betting to be on the November ballot.
@610SportsKC
"I just want to show the citizens of Missouri that the Missouri House does care and listen to them about sports gambling."
Credit where credit is due to
#moleg
Rep
@DanHoux
👏👏👏
#SportsBetting
@Royals
@BwittJr
@SalvadorPerez15
If there's one thing that Missouri pro baseball teams understand - when everything else is going poorly, lean on the powder blues. Everybody loves the powder blues.
Today's the day folks! Will it be Secretary of State? Treasurer? Does anyone care? Our pal Denny is running for statewide office as of 5PM today. He's a founding member of the obstructionist party and NOBODY should vote for him. Like/RT if you agree!
#moleg
#LegalizeSportsBetting
I supported a rule change to require 24hours notice before we vote on an omnibus bill. Pelosi used to do a trick to republicans in DC-drop a 1,000 page bill & want members to immediately vote on it w/o reading it! We don’t want Pelosi type shenanigans in the MO Senate!
#moleg
So you have a bill sponsored by Sen. Hoskins dealing with rural tax credits. Over in the house amendments were added on to it including one for sports wagering by Rep. Houx. Now it goes back to the Senate. The debate on this bill should be interesting to say the least…
Our good friends in Missouri are also going to give sports betting legalization a try (yet again) as two bills have already been filed (shoutout
@SteveRuddock
's great newsletter for pointing these out.
Two bills from Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer and Sen. Denny Hoskins.
As you cozy-up to your frosty beverage of choice, ecstatic about the dawn of a new
#NFL
year, the cold, dark off-season having finally passed; remember - the reason you wasted a quarter-tank of gas placing that Hail Mary
#parlay
is: Denny Hoskins...
... And, later, when
"The Montana Lottery logged $2.7 million in profits, up nearly 41% from [2021]... the expansion of Sports Bet Montana helped drive growth."
Hit 'Like' if you think Missouri's teachers should ask Hoskins & Eigel for a 41% raise! ⬇️
#moleg
#sportsbet
Don't forget to grab your very own "Not Denny" coolie cup if you support legalizing sports betting in Missouri. Like and Retweet and we'll pick one winner at random to get theirs FREE!
#LetMOPlay
#moleg
#ChiefsKingdom
LINK:
"Remember this name: Denny Hoskins. He is the reason you can’t place a sports wager in Missouri... I can’t vote him out, but the people of central [MO] can."
We salute you, Dan Meier. Wherever you are. 🫡
#moleg
#LetMOPlay
#FilibusterDenny
via
@KCStar
In the last 365 days, Hoskins & Co. have probably spent more time in-filibuster (filibusting?) than any small group of politicians in the US. Maybe the world. Why? Special interests, you could argue.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out...
#moleg
“IP reform to protect Missouri’s constitution is very very important to this state” Republican Senator Denny Hoskins said. “It’s important that our elections aren’t bought by special out-of-state interests.”
#moleg
@MissouriGOP
@SWMOYR
As you crack open a frosty beverage this
#4thofJuly
, take a moment to remember that one guy, in particular, doesn't want us to bet on the
#STLCards
,
#KCRoyals
, or anyone else. And now, you can tell the world with a "Not Denny" coolie cup! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
🔗:
"“Sports book will bring zero dollars into our small businesses [and] our veterans homes...” Hoskins said"
Show of 🙌 if you know a small business that would sell more [beer, food, etc.] if
#sportsbetting
were legal. You're in
#ChiefsKingdom
, Denny...
A rare opportunity to bet the
#Chiefs
as an underdog and you'll have to take it somewhere else...
Come on, Show-Me State - let's show Hoskins the door in 2024.
#ChiefsKingdom
See,
@DLHoskins
. This is how small businesses in Missouri are losing money to small businesses in Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Arkansas, Nebraska, and Kentucky because of your VLT filibuster charade. Good work, bud..
#LetMOPlay
#moleg
Alright folks, we haven't begged for your help in a while, but let's make sure
@DLHoskins
and he-who-can't-be-tagged know that we're tired of, well... them. If you support legal sports betting in Missouri, help us out with a like or a repost!
#letmoplay
#ChiefsKingdom
He's at it again... let's remind Bill about his other filibuster - A MONTH before the end of the session. Like/RT, so we reach as many Missourians as possible - they might accidentally vote for him to be Governor!
#moleg
#sportsbetting
#STLCards
#WelcomeToTheCity
All we're saying is if you put an option for "Not Denny Hoskins" on the 2024 ballot for Missouri Secretary of State, it might just win the election outright.
#moleg
#WelcomeToTheCity
#LetMOPlay
John Sherman acknowledged that an obstructionist in MO is the hold up when it comes to sports betting legalization. We all know that's MO State Senator Denny Hoskins.
Kentucky sports betting has finally crossed the finish line after receiving Senate approval.
Sports betting bill HB 551 now heads to Gov. Andy Beshear for his signature to make Kentucky the 37th state in the country to legalize sports betting.
What's the total now, 40 states? 41? 80% of the country (and climbing)? Yet
#moleg
is so dysfunctional that they can't even vote on it. They'd rather have a useful bargaining chip than accomplish what Missourians want them to accomplish.
#legalizesportsbetting
"If they really wanted sports betting done it should have been given time earlier in the session." -
@BillEigel
acting like he didn't spend 8 hours filibustering a vote on sports betting a month ago.
#moleg
#sportsbetting
The game has been rescheduled so that you can watch both the Royals and the
#NBAFinals
. Unfortunately, you can't legally bet on either of them in the Show-Me State because
@DLHoskins
and
@BillEigel
are a couple of sticks in the mud. Like/RT if you agree.
#WelcomeToTheCity
Hey guys, Denny says: “...give some of that money back to the folks back at home so they can make the decisions on what they would like to do with their money.”
Alright, now, class, who can point out the hypocrisy? A show of hands?
#moleg
#letmoplay
How many Video Lottery Terminals do they have at Colton's? There's only one way to get in Denny Hoskins' pockets, so they gotta have one stashed away in that steakhouse somewhere!
#moleg
#LegalizeSportsBetting
Ya, that pretty well sums it up. Folks, if you're a sports fan in Missouri and want to see legal sports betting, give us a follow and help us remind our lawmakers that they work for us!
#sportsbetting
#letmoplay
"“I know I get a lot of the blame [...] but neither one of these bills are mine. I don’t control them,” Hoskins said.... "“As of right now, I would say it’s very doubtful that sports book will pass...” [he] added." This guy...
#moleg
#STLCards
@stltoday
""If it doesn’t happen here in the 11th hour, we will regroup and look at the schedule and the process for the referendum," he said."
Guess we're gonna have to do it ourselves. Thanks for nothing
#moleg
...
#STLCards
#WelcomeToTheCity
via
@kmbc
Missouri campaign for a general election sports betting ballot initiative surpasses 100,000 collected signatures.
Needs roughly 180,000 valid signatures to appear on the ballot.
@Cardinals
Well, nobody can say we didn't give throwing it away in the bottom of the 9th inning our best effort. Really left it all out there. That's all we can ask.
This is pretty interesting as well. The Geolocation map of Missouri (where sports betting is illegal) and neighboring Kansas (where sports betting is legal) during the Super Bowl.
April 5th,
@dlhoskins
to
@TonyLuetkemeyer
(sponsor of SB30): "ARE YOU GONNA PULL THIS OR AM I GONNA TALK FOR 3 HOURS??".
< 1 mo. later, Hoskins on SB30 and HB556: "... neither one of these bills are mine. I don’t control them."
PLEASE let this man hear it.
#moleg
#STLCards
Is there anything more patriotic than paying $3/gallon and using our crumbling interstate system to travel to Kansas because a couple of guys in
#moleg
don't want you to have the freedom to bet on baseball, America's pastime?
#LetMOPlay
#4thofJuly
I can't wait til sports betting is legal in Missouri. I feel like I'm missing out on a lot of money to be made by having to drive is KS everytime I want to make a play.
Say what you will about us Missourians, but when we see an opportunity to both skip church this week & start drinking before noon, by golly, we take it. Too bad we can't also legally place a bet on the
#Chiefs
because of a couple of stooges named Denny Hoskins and Bill Eigel...
"Interestingly enough, tomorrow [May 10] the Kansas Lottery Commission will be releasing their sports betting earnings for last month."
Shoutout to the KS Lottery for adding a little extra fuel to the fire.
#moleg
#WelcomeToTheCity
#STLCards
That sounds about right. Missouri might genuinely be the last state to pass
#sportsbetting
, which is a slam-dunk issue by any measure. This is dysfunction in action.
#moleg
Let's face it - it's Friday, it's real real hot, and both the
#STLCards
and
#Royals
play something resembling Major League Baseball today - you're gonna be drinking.
Why not do it in style with your own "Not Denny" kooz? It's not gonna keep your beer cold. It feels
It is regrettable that we have to leave Missouri just to place a legal bet. But, since Denny doesn't want us to have any fun, Mac's is a fine place to spend your hard-earned money!
#moleg
#letmoplay
Exciting news for sports betting in Missouri! Senate Leader Caleb Rowden recently tweeted about the potential legalization of sports betting in the state during
#MastersWeek
. Check out our latest on the topic 🔗➡️➡️➡️:
#moleg
#MissouriSenate
It's the standing up that's the problem, Denny. You stand and stand and talk and talk. We'd rather you sit down so that everyone else can try to get something accomplished.
#moleg
#LetMOPlay
PS: Tell Bill we said hey. Apparently, he didn't take our constructive criticism very
I’ve never been afraid 2 stand up to the woke mob & fight for our conservative Missouri your next MO Secretary of State,I will continue to fight to ensure only legal U.S. citizens vote in our elections!
#moleg
@MissouriGOP
@SWMOYR
@JacomoGOP
@mogop_jasper
Fine margins for tonight's
#MIZ
game. And, with a 6:30 start, even if you live in
#CoMO
, you've got plenty of time to DRIVE TO ANOTHER STATE so you can legally take a punt on your hometown Tigers...
#LetMOPlay
This is a long one if you want to skip it 😅...
ahem..
..what you'll see here is a graph showing the
#stl
crime rate by year. Next, you will see a chart showing the average
#STLCards
attendance by year, beginning with the highest average per game.
As you can see, there
We're just spitballing here - but can we convince a Missouri Senator to introduce us as a special guest next session? Wouldn't it be fun to see Hoskins and Eigel torn between Senate tradition and giving us a round of applause? 😂 Can we? How many likes do we need for that?
#moleg
You heard it, folks, the best of the best! Let everyone know how great he is with your very own coolie cup! And keep an eye out for Eigel's kooz in the next couple of weeks!⬇️⬇️⬇️
🔗:
#moleg
#LetMOPlay
A reminder - tomorrow, June 6th (D-Day), our pal Denny is going to launch his statewide campaign. We're sure the best way to honor the men who stormed the beaches at Normandy is to exploit them for your own professional gain, right? Colton's @ 5PM
#ChiefsKingdom
make some noise!
That's right folks. The NFL's most popular team (didn't fact check that) and the education system throughout the entire state of Missouri are missing out on millions and millions of dollars because of Denny Hoskins. Booo.
#letmoplay
#ChiefsKingdom
The interesting part of this is that the Chiefs' audience in their home state can't legally bet on the game, thanks largely to the multiple-year efforts of Sen. Denny Hoskins.
It's likely Missouri won't see legal sports betting until Hoskins is forced out via term limit in 2025.
A little birdie told us there's a totally mild-mannered disagreement about which of our cities is, in fact, the Soccer Capital [of Missouri 😉]. Comment ⬇️ with
#SportingKC
or
#AllForCITY
for a chance to rep YOUR soccer capital scarf when they meet May 20th!
#MLS
#MLSSeasonPass
"“There is no deal on sports betting,” he said. “It’s not going to happen no matter what we do on personal property tax in the next 24 hours.”"
Kinda sounds like "I'M MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOU."
#moleg
#sportsbetting
via
@MO_Independent
@PowellAnalytics
Jaromir Jagr (2nd on NHL points list) is 34 points ahead of Mark Messier (3rd on NHL points list) all time. Messier is 37 points ahead of Gordie Howe in 4th.
Wayne Gretzky (1st on NHL points list) is 936 POINTS ahead of Jaromir Jagr.
Hopefully, we'll move closer to filing in the red spot in the center of this map today. Sports Betting in Missouri should be a slam dunk, but they've found a way to make just about everything contentious, so... cross your fingers.
#moleg
#legalizesportsbetting
With Kansas, Kentucky, and Nebraska having already passed legislation and Oklahoma not far behind, this map is starting to look awfully lonely for Missouri.
#sportsbetting
#moleg
#MarchMadness