Texas is huge. It is the second-most populous state in the Country. There is no denying that the untapped potential to bring in tax revenue from online mobile sports betting is off the charts. At the present time, gambling is illegal in Texas.

Texas is no different from other states that feel the crushing weight of economic loss from the Covid-19 pandemic. Lawmakers only need to look to States that have legalized online sportsbooks since the PASPA Supreme Court decision in 2018 to see how much revenue they bring in. Sports gambling could help alleviate economic deficits and make up for budget shortfalls.

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Hawaii doesn’t have a State-run Lottery, and they don’t allow gambling of any kind. At least, not yet. Notably, Hawaii doesn’t have a professional sports franchise, but that doesn’t need to suggest that Islanders don’t love sports.

The Hawaii Bowl and the Hula Bowl have much-anticipated college football events that take place on Oahu and Maui, and the NFL Pro Bowl celebrates top players from the NFL in an all star game a week after the Super Bowl. There are quite a few Golf tour Championships, the Iron Man, college Basketball tournaments, and Hawaii’s University of Hawaii sports teams that have avid fans and [...]