A bill to support online sports gaming also received strong support from 47% of Texans, with Texans deadlocked at 41% in favor and 42% against allowing sportsbooks to operate inside professional sports venues.
(Dallas, Texas, April 30, 2024) – A new poll from the Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation (TxHPF) shows that Texans of all political and demographic demographics support legislation that would allow the construction and operation of Texas-based destination resort casinos. It has been shown to be strongly supported.
Roughly three-fifths of Democrats, Republicans, and independents support destination resort casinos, but one-third oppose the construction and operation of these casinos in Texas. less than Twice as many men support casino gambling at resorts, 61% to 27%, while women support less, but still make up a majority of 54%. African Americans show 68% support for casino games, while Hispanics and Anglos support 58% and 54% respectively. But most surprising was that a majority (52%) of Texans who identify as “born again” Christians support destination resort casinos.
Legislation allowing online sports games and sports games played inside Texas-based professional sports arenas and stadiums maintains strong support among Texans, with 47% supporting online sports games and 41% supporting online sports games. % support a sportsbook within Texas Pro Sports (42% oppose). venue. But men, especially African-American and Hispanic men, overwhelmingly support online sports gaming and sportsbooks inside professional sports teams' stadiums and arenas.
The survey was conducted from April 5 to April 10 among a representative sample of 1,600 likely voters in Texas and has an overall margin of error of 2.45 percentage points.
“Ever since Texas reauthorized pari-mutuel gambling in 1991, various members of the Texas Legislature have sought to expand Texas-based gaming in one form or another. in the destination resort casino gaming space,” said Jason Villalba, Chairman and CEO of TXHPF. “Considering the results of this survey, it is clear that the public's desire for additional gaming opportunities aligns with the political desires of traditional gaming supporters as well as church-going Texans and women. “This is a big change from what we've seen in recent legislative cycles,” Villalba continued.
Mark P. Jones, chief information and analysis officer at TxHPF and political science fellow at Rice University's Baker Institute, said, “Among Texans, support for the casino bill across 21 sociodemographic subgroups… There is a strong majority consensus to do so.” An absolute majority of every subgroup of Texans, regardless of gender, ethnicity/race, age, education, partisanship level, or even religion, supports the construction and operation of destination resort casinos in Texas. Masu. ”
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About the Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation
The Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation operates as a nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that provides analysis and analysis of the political, economic, social, demographic, and familial attitudes and behaviors of Texas Hispanics. I am dedicated to research and working on it. The Foundation conducts surveys, polls, research, data collection, and analysis on the Hispanic population of Texas. For more information about the Foundation, please visit www.TxHPF.org.
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