FILE - Mascots for the Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Blues and St. Louis Cardinals haul boxes of voter signatures collected in order to put a proposal to legalize sports betting on the ballot this year, Thursday, May 2, 2024, outside the Secretary of State's Office in Jefferson City, Mo. (AP Photo/Summer Ballentine, File)

FILE - A billboard promoting a ballot measure to legalize sports betting in Missouri is seen along Interstate 44 Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024, in St. Louis County, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem, from left, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft and Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green review and sign the official results of the November election while meeting as the Board of State Canvassers, at Ashcroft's office in Jefferson City, Missouri, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)