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Everything is bigger in Texas. Except for sports betting Trevor Daniel Jersey White , which remains nonexistent.Kevin Sherrington of the takes a look at the status of efforts to legalize sports wagering in Texas. Powerful forces are aligned against it, but one very powerful owner could be the guy to push the needle in the other direction: Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.The Texas Republican party opposes sports wagering. It’s a natural position for conservative politicians, partially fueled in Texas by Native American casino groups from Oklahoma. Groups that prefer to lure Texans across the border to legally do that which they can’t legally do at home.Via Sherrington, the Chickasaw Nation and Choctaw Nation have donated more than $5 million combined to Texas officeholders and candidates since 2006. Also, Tilman Fertitta, a Houstonian who owns the Golden Nugget Casinos Sammie Coates Jersey , has donated more than $500,000 to Texas Governor Greg Abbott.The identification of Jones as a Texan who could sell sports betting is speculative, but it makes sense. And Sherrington may be onto something; Jones, who rarely meets a story on which he declines to comment, declined to comment on this one.When it comes to legalizing sports betting, the NFL currently faces uphill climbs in some of the states with the most population and multiple NFL franchises. It won’t be easy to get it done in Florida (which has three teams) Benardrick McKinney Jersey , California (which has four but soon will have only three), and Texas (which has two).Here’s the deeper question: As teams in states with legalized gambling generate more revenue, revenue that will be lost in states that don’t have legalized gambling, will that become a factor in franchise relocations? Whether it makes places like San Diego or San Antonio less attractive or smaller markets with current teams less viable when it comes to building (or not building) new stadiums, money to be made, or not made Ibraheim Campbell Jersey , via sports betting becomes one of the various factors to consider when making decisions that ultimately are about business, even if the NFL and its teams want fans not to look at it that way. Your one-stop shop for Houston Texans, local sports, and news from around the league for Monday, May 13, 2019."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Texans StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Texans NewsYahoo Texans Team PageYahoo Texans ReportYahoo Texans Depth ChartYahoo Texans TransactionsYahoo Texans PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕Battle Red Newswire2019 Houston Texans OffseasonHouston Texans News: May 13 Bradley Roby Jersey White , 2019New,382commentsYour one-stop shop for Houston Texans, local sports, and news from around the league for Monday, May 13, 2019.CDTShareTweetShareShareHouston Texans News: May 13 Corey Moore Jersey White , 2019Troy Taormina-USA TODAY SportsHouston Texans NewsTexans sign LB Xavier Woodson-Luster, cut LB Chase Middleton (Houston Chronicle)Texans place Duke Ejiofor on IR, cut Mike Tyson (Houston Chronicle)NFL NewsBucs’ McCoy ‘will be playing football somewhere’ (NFL.com)Roundup: Eagles adding Kessler; Fins sign Walton (NFL.com)Saints to ‘brush off’ Graham plays for Jared Cook (NFL.com)Steelers ink first-round LB Devin Bush to contract (NFL.com)Fangio: Flacco will get all 1st-team reps in OTAs (NFL.com)Gruden impressed with Haskins: He can ‘spin it’ (NFL.com)Brooks: Prescott deserves to be a $30 million QB (NFL.com)Rosenthal: Projected starters for all 16 AFC teams (NFL.com)Teams most likely to end playoff droughts in 2019 (NFL.com)Houston & Collegiate SportsRockets’ failures not all on Mike D’Antoni (The Dream Shake)Game Cap: Is Martin Startin for Good? In Debut Corbin Leaves Cops Feelin Morbid. Bats Crush. Stros 15-5. (Crawfish Boxes)