I am asking you to please bring mobile sports betting to Mississippi. I should have the same opportunity to place bets directly from my phone or computer, just like people in so many other states across the country. Currently, many sports fans across Mississippi are placing bets through platforms that provide no consumer protections. A lot of these illegal platforms seem legitimate, but they don’t have secure payment systems, tools for responsible gaming or protections against underage play.

I urge you to do whatever you can to support consumer choice and bring full mobile sports betting to Mississippi. I should be able to place bets directly from my phone or computer in the same way as people can right now in Tennessee and soon in Louisiana. Sports betting money should stay right here in Mississippi instead of going to neighboring states, unregulated operators or illegal bookies, which is what will continue to happen without mobile sports betting. Why not make mobile sports betting legal and stop putting people at risk and keep all of that money here where we need it? I hope that you make mobile sports betting legal in Mississippi as soon as possible.

Why are we letting millions of dollars leave the state and go to other states that have legal online betting like Tennessee and soon in Louisiana, or continue to fill the pockets of illegal sports betting platforms? We have the opportunity to bring mobile sports betting into the legal market and get some much-needed funding for important things here in Mississippi. We have the opportunity to make mobile sports betting legal and get some funding for important things in our state. This is our chance to stop illegal offshore platforms and keep sports betting money right here in Mississippi, but that’s not going to happen without mobile sports betting.

People all over the country can place bets directly from their phone or computer. Why can’t we do that in Mississippi? I want to be able to do it from my phone just like I do with most everything else I do. People are already using illegal apps to bet in Mississippi and we shouldn’t continue leave that money on the table, especially now that we need it more than ever. In order to keep sports betting revenue in Mississippi, we need a legal alternative to illegal mobile apps that rip people off, provide no consumer protections and deliver no money to our state. Please support mobile sports betting for Mississippi!

Please support efforts to bring safe and legal mobile sports betting to Mississippi and out of the shadows. We all know that mobile sports betting is already happening in Mississippi, it is just being done illegally with offshore operators who have no interest or reason to protect our residents. If I want access to secure payment methods and consumer protections I shouldn’t have to go to other states like Tennessee (or soon in Louisiana) to bet with legal operators. Sports fans across Mississippi are placing bets on their phone through illegal apps or going to other states, but it does nothing to keep money here to help our communities. Please stand up and protect sports fans in Mississippi by bringing mobile sports betting out of the shadows and ensuring that we keep sports betting money here in our state.