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. In Texas, any push for casino gambling is a matter of playing a potentially years-long game. I can't even imagine what that number would balloon to if you were able to do this from the comfort of your own home on a mobile device.” Any casino is already generating nearly $9 billion a year in California alone.
Some kind of revenue split, Fogel said, could get a similar deal done in California. Several priority bills signed into law in Texas this year are on pause due to lawsuits
