There are signals that Adelson-led Las Vegas Sands is willing to dig in and wait. You have to have the financial standing to stay in the game.” “You have to have patience and you have to have money. Casinos will be the last version,” Miller said. “Over time, gaming is going to come to Texas in all versions. Texas lawmakers do not meet again in regular session until 2025 and Patrick may run for re-election in 2026. “I don’t think right now they are enamored of casino gaming. “The Republican electorate controls Texas,” longtime Republican consultant Bill Miller said. A gambling measure that would have allowed mobile sports betting passed the House last spring but never even got a vote in the Senate. Dan Patrick, who controls the state Senate and wields enormous influence over what bills even come up for a vote.
There has been no bigger obstacle than Republican Lt. The Texas Republican Party passed a resolution that showed renewed opposition to casino gambling among party activists. Gaming measures have slowly picked up support, but a spending wave has yet to deliver a Texas-sized jackpot in a Legislature where resistance to legalizing casinos still runs deep. Casino magnate Miriam Adelson, who in November entered into an agreement to buy the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, donated $1 million to Republican Gov. Proponents have poured millions into political action committees and campaign donations.
