Texas Casino Measures Fail Without Floor Votes
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Two legislative measures to bring casino-style gambling to Texas have failed without getting floor votes. The possibility of establishing casinos in Texas won't be resolved until 2022. The bills’ failure likely ends discussion in the Lone Star State for the current legislative year.
Texas Casino Measures Fail Without Floor Votes. Texas casino bill included broad gambling expansion. Las Vegas Sands Corporation is disappointed. The bills would have repealed a statewide ban on gambling. Governor Greg Abbott has been an anti-gambling advocate. LVSands is committed to Texas for the long haul. It is a political defeat for LVCV. The company lobbied on the bills' behalf.
Texas Casino Measures fail. Poker players in Texas are still playing at semi-private poker clubs. Two Houston poker club's won a legal battle against the city's officials in 2019. One of them, Prime Social, recently concluded its largest-ever tournament series.
