AUSTIN – Almost every conversation about gambling in Texas circles back to the Legislature and the next opening for lawmakers to approve casinos or sports betting when the session resumes in 2027. Yet the official with the most day-to-day sway over gambling before then will be chosen this fall, and the Texas attorney general race … Read more
AUSTIN – For roughly three weeks last winter, something Texas had shut off for over a decade quietly worked again: a resident could bet a horse race from a phone. Texas online horse betting came back in early February, when the advance-deposit operator TwinSpires reopened to bettors around the state. The window closed by month’s … Read more
AUSTIN – Cowboys bets are banned in Texas; wagering on a game can technically land you in some hot water. Wagering on who will win the state’s blockbuster U.S. Senate race is legal, federally regulated, and open to anyone 18 and older with a smartphone. That is the strange split screen of 2026. While sports … Read more
Kalshi has continued to take sports wagers from Texas residents despite a cease-and-desist letter from the state attorney general, in a federal-state preemption fight that has effectively legalized online sports betting in a state whose Legislature has rejected every attempt to authorize it. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants to close the loophole. He cannot.