Stay Informed
Winning for Missouri Education
Join us in helping to guarantee tens of millions of dollars in Dedicated Funds for Students and Teachers
Join Us!
Join your community members in helping to guarantee tens of millions of dollars in dedicated funds for students and teachers
What this initiative will do:
1
Fund Schools
Legalizing sports betting will give our children the education they deserve, increasing school funding by millions each year.
2
Pay Teachers
Support students by recruiting and retaining teachers through fair and competitive wages.
3
Bring money back to Missouri
Missourians place roughly
$2 billion a year in bets using offshore gaming websites, money our schools are currently missing out on.
Join Us!
Kansas City Royals
“In recent years, it’s become increasingly clear to us that Missouri needs to join together with out neighboring states with respect to safely regulating and legalizing sports betting in Missouri.”
St. Louis CITY SC
“We’ve learned that every year sporting betting fans in Missouri place billions in offshore sites across state lines into our neighboring states while Missouri loses out on millions of dollars in tax revenue. And we believe this money can and should be going to support Missouri classrooms. That is a major reason why we support Winning for Missouri Education and safe and responsible sports betting in Missouri.”
St. Louis Cardinals
“Our fans get it. They see this revenue going outside of Missouri and they ask the question “Why can’t we keep it here in Missouri?”
Why are Missouri’s Sports Teams Supporting this Initiative?
Our teachers are some of the lowest paid in the nation. By legalizing sports betting, our state government can increase education funding by tens of millions of dollars annually, helping us recruit and retain educators by paying them a fair wage.
Just half of Missouri students are proficient in math and only a third can read at grade level. The significant, guaranteed increase in funding will help our students improve, succeed and thrive.
It is currently estimated that roughly $2 billion a year are placed in bets using offshore gaming websites, money that is currently not going back into our education system. By legalizing sports betting we are ensuring tens of millions of dollars in education funding for our children and our schools bringing that economic activity back to Missouri.