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00:00All right, yesterday we talked about the story that broke here that, you know, all, you know,
00:05in Missouri, you know, they're still, you know, trying to get their act together here. Hopefully
00:08by the time football season starts, we'll be able to bet on sports, but the awareness level is going
00:12to be raised astronomically here, Pat, because the most popular team in the state of Missouri,
00:18in my opinion, without a doubt, are the St. Louis Cardinals, and they're partnering up with Bet365.
00:24So by the time football season begins, boy, that signage at Bush Stadium and in their minds is
00:31going to be there. I think this is an excellent move. Yeah, so they're going all in, which is
00:36not surprising that St. Louis Cardinals are the first to announce, officially announce a sports
00:40betting partner. Bill DeWitt III was the lead voice of the ballot initiative that got it on
00:46the ballot in November and then ultimately legalized sports betting in Missouri. So
00:50the fact that they're kind of leading this is not so surprising. He was always out there,
00:54even during the legislative efforts, that all failed. He was the first one to be testifying
00:59in support of it in hearings. He was the first one to kind of call out various stakeholders that,
01:05you know, made the legislative efforts fail. So not surprising that this happened, but yeah,
01:11Bet365 is going to be very prominent throughout Bush Stadium. They're going to have an exclusive
01:17club out in the center right field that will be the Bet365 Bridge, if I remember correctly.
01:24They get to sponsor the lineups every day at Bush Stadium. So yeah, to your point, the awareness for
01:31Bet365 by the time it launches later this year is going to be huge. And it is kind of a neat
01:37partnership because it, to your point, probably the most popular, you know, at least during the,
01:43I mean, I guess you could put the Chiefs up there too, I don't know,
01:47the NFL, but yeah. I got the Cardinals. Okay, then we'll go for that. They'll be huge. And,
01:54you know, we don't know yet where FanDuel and DraftKings are going to come. They may get the
01:59two standalone online licenses that are available. Missouri is going to have a lot of licenses
02:06available. There's going to be 13 casino licenses that can partner with Sportsbooks. And then,
02:10of course, five other sports teams that can partner. So we're going to have all the
02:15big players. And we do know Underdog has said they're going to apply for a license.
02:21They're, of course, not in a ton of states yet. So yeah, I mean, we do know, it's delayed.
02:28Initially, we thought Missouri sports betting, the goal was from the Missouri Gaming Commission,
02:32was to launch early baseball season. Emergency rules got denied because it's not crucial to the
02:39residents of Missouri. So those rules will go into effect in August. We know the application
02:45process for these operators will be coming up here next month. And that'll get going. So hopefully,
02:51for Missouri bettors, once the rules are approved on August 30, it won't be too long before the
02:57licenses are issued and the Sportsbooks can get up and underway. But yeah, Cardinals, Bet365,
03:03a pretty interesting partnership for, to your opinion, the most popular team in Missouri.