The quiet demise of allowing sports betting in Minnesota
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Original Coverage: The quiet demise of allowing sports betting in Minnesota
Minnesota’s Senate Taxes Committee rejected a proposal to study legalizing sports betting. The measure had been part of an omnibus tax spending bill. The tax bill and other critical pieces of legislation to keep the state government operating are stalled out. A budget will almost definitely not be finalized before the current end of the legislative session, which is this Monday, May 19. The politics of sports betting in Minnesota includes debates on whether to make gaming exclusive to tribes, and how to incorporate state-licensed racetracks, which presently have cornered the state legal sports gambling market. The National Conference of State Legislatures did, however, note in a March study that “the frenzy around sports betting expansion has slowed, and legislators are shifting their attention towards state revenues.“Once again, this year we are going to abandon Minnesotans who feel they have a legitimate right to sports wager on their mobile devices,” said Sen. Matt Klein, DFL-Mendota Heights, who has sponsored multiple bills to legalize sports betting and last year was part of a group of lawmakers from both parties who worked out a deal to satisfy both tribal and horse racing track interests, he said in a letter to the Supreme Court in February.
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Source: https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2025/05/refusing-to-move-forward-with-even-a-study-the-quiet-demise-of-allowing-sports-betting-in-minnesota/