Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Sees Path For Legalized Sports Betting in Texas After Midterms
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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones endorsed legalized sports betting in Texas while making an appearance on 105.3 The Fan (KRLD-FM) on Friday.
Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who thwarted legal sports betting In the state for years, lost to Democrat Vikki Goodwin in last week’s midterms. Democrats Gina Hinojosa and James Talarico also overcame the Republican stronghold, and the possibility of future legalization has improved.
“Texas is one of maybe two states — and I could be off maybe some there, but not much — that does not have legalized sports gambling. Of course, it does go on because cell phones and phones cross state lines. So gaming goes on all the time,” Jones said. “Since it does go on and does have its best result when everybody’s on the same page and you’re controlling and watching for any of the issues that are involved with gaming, it is a plus in my mind with the best place in the world for sports, Texas, for us to have the gaming and hopefully the new turnover, you might say, in the politics will see it that way.”
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Jones has advocated for legal sports betting in recent years, and the Cowboys are part of the Texas Sports Betting Alliance.
In 2024, Jones said the Lone Star State was losing out on “huge amounts of revenue” by not legalizing sports wagering. Jones played coy when asked whether he had previously contacted governor-elects on the issue.
“I’m really apolitical. I really can’t afford to be a party because our fans are all parties. So, I’m very deliberate,” he said. “When I have something that will help the Cowboys, then I’m all in. And I’ll go all out. But it’s all about the Cowboys. Not about — I’ve been told, ‘You need to be more socially involved.’ I do everything that I can possibly do to make the Cowboys interesting, entertaining, have fans come to the stadium, have people watch us on television. That’s my 99 and nine-tenths percent reason for doing anything.
“That’s what it is, and getting really, intensely involved in [politics] is not my gig.”
That hasn’t stopped Jones from making considerable political donations. He recently donated $10 million to the Clinton Foundation. Before last week’s elections, he donated $250,000 to a Ken Paxton joint fundraising committee. Paxton, the state’s attorney general, lost to Talarico as the Democrats took control of the Senate.
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