{"id":692228,"date":"2025-06-26T12:25:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T16:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/?p=692228"},"modified":"2025-06-26T12:25:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T16:25:16","slug":"missouri-betting-responsible-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/news\/betting\/missouri-betting-responsible-gambling\/","title":{"rendered":"What Responsible Gambling Tools Will Be Available for Missouri Sports Bettors?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Missouri sports betting is scheduled to launch on Dec. 1, 2025<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>As with any state launch, there are concerns about a rise in problem gambling<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Online sportsbooks provide several tools to help with responsible gaming<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<p>There&rsquo;s plenty of excitement surrounding the launch of sports betting in Missouri. But for responsible gambling advocates, there&rsquo;s also a fair bit of apprehension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is common with state launches, and it&rsquo;s a tough balance to strike: Legal online gambling is much safer than offshore sites, but more access does bring the possibility of an increase in addiction.<\/p><div class=\"\" data-freestar-ad=\"__300x250 __300x250\" id=\"sportsbettingdime_InContent_1\">\n        <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n            freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({\n                placementName: \"sportsbettingdime_InContent_1\",\n                slotId: \"sportsbettingdime_InContent_1\"\n            });\n        <\/script>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>So, what will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/us\/missouri\/\">Missouri sports betting apps<\/a> and those who regulate them do to make it a safe environment for everyone?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-responsible-gambling-tools-will-be-available-in-missouri\">What Responsible Gambling Tools Will Be Available in Missouri<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Voters in Missouri approved the legalization of sports betting in November of 2024, narrowly passing Amendment 2. Included in that was language giving $5 million of sports betting tax revenue collected yearly to responsible gaming efforts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&rsquo;s a significant investment. There are also national hotlines and organizations including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gambleaware.org\/\">GambleAware<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncpgambling.org\/\">National Council on Problem Gambling (NCGP)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Online sportsbooks have their own tools and are often required by state regulatory bodies like the Missouri Gaming Commission to provide them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each of the sportsbooks that has either a confirmed partnership (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/us\/missouri\/betmgm\/\">BetMGM Missouri<\/a> with Century Casinos and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/us\/missouri\/bet365\/\">bet365 Missouri<\/a> with the St. Louis Cardinals) or has applied for a license (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/us\/missouri\/draftkings\/\">DraftKings Missouri<\/a> and Underdog Sportsbook), has tools that include the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Track your activity:<\/strong> While this feels like betting stats for some, it can serve as a reminder or a wake-up call for others. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Setting limits:<\/strong> You can take pro-active action on sports betting apps by setting limits on deposits, wagers or even time spent on the app.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Timeouts:<\/strong> Sometimes called &ldquo;cool off&rdquo; periods, you can essentially deactivate your account for a period of time, from a couple days or months. During this time, you can still access your account to withdraw funds, you just can&rsquo;t place bets.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Self-exclusion:<\/strong> Each state has a self-exclusion list, which you can voluntarily join. This will restrict you from gambling for a period of time as short as six months, or as long as indefinitely.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-gambling-addiction-is-a-serious-problem-nationally\">Gambling Addiction Is a Serious Problem Nationally<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It would be naive, however, to think those tools and that money will stop all problem gambling. I think you&rsquo;d be hard-pressed to find anyone that even attempts to claim that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thebeaconnews.org\/stories\/2025\/06\/23\/gas-on-a-fire-expect-issues-in-missouri-sports-betting-experts-say\/\"><em>The Beacon<\/em> recently spoke with Keith Spare<\/a>, chair of the Kansas City Port Authority Problem Gambling Advisory Committee and the Missouri Alliance to Curb Problem Gambling. While he praised the $5 million investment, he expressed concern for what access to online sports betting will bring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A study cited by <em>The Beacon<\/em> suggests that when a state legalizes gambling, bankruptcies rise by 20-35%. It also said that financial hardship is why an estimated 1 in 5 compulsive gamblers, nationally, consider or attempt suicide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those are numbers that cannot be ignored, and must be addressed. The tools above can and do help, and are a major reason why you see calls to problem gambling hotlines increase after the online betting launches in a state. More people identifying as having a problem is a serious issue. But having more access and utilizing assistance to overcome it is good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more, visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/responsible-gambling\/\">Responsible Gambling<\/a> page. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&rsquo;s plenty of excitement surrounding the launch of sports betting in Missouri. But for responsible gambling advocates, there&rsquo;s also a fair bit of apprehension. This is common with state launches, and it&rsquo;s a tough balance to strike: Legal online gambling is much safer than offshore sites, but more access does bring the possibility of an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/news\/betting\/missouri-betting-responsible-gambling\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":194,"featured_media":692281,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"website_editions":[],"website_editions_hreflang":[],"website_editions_default_edition":"us","website_editions_htmllang":"us","content_studio_integration_article_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[219383],"tags":[219422],"content_buckets":[219595],"class_list":["post-692228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-betting","tag-missouri","content_buckets-content-bucket-betting-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":692296,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692228\/revisions\/692296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692228"},{"taxonomy":"content_buckets","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content_buckets?post=692228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}