Efforts to legalize sports betting in Minnesota are gaining traction, according to multiple reports.
reported that HF 2000 and SF 1949, bills to legalize online sports betting in the state, could realistically garner support from key stakeholders. The state's tribes and Allied Charities Minnesota, a group representing small charities in the state that receive roughly $40 million annually from pull tab games, are among those showing support. The charities are concerned a betting bill could eliminate or threaten the existence of the pull.
??”Well, I think momentum is building, I think we have a great chance,” Rep. Zack Stephenson, HF 2000's primary sponsor, told . “It’s a difficult bill because gambling bills by their nature have to be bipartisan, there are Democrats and Republicans who will never vote for it. So you have to assemble a broad bipartisan coalition and these days that is very difficult, but momentum is building.”
editorial board even threw its weight behind the push, recently writing an opinion piece in support of legal sports betting.