Jerry Jones backs legalized sports gambling in Texas amid midterm results

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones “endorsed legalized sports gambling” in Texas when asked whether the state could embrace it following key victories by Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa and Sen.-elect James Talarico in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Jones said, “Since it does go on and does have its best result when everybody’s on the same page and you’re controlling and watching for any of the issues that are involved with gaming, it is a plus in my mind with the best place in the world for sports, Texas, for us to have the gaming and hopefully the new turnover ... in the politics will see it that way.” This is not the first time Jones has endorsed the idea of legalized sports gambling in Texas. In August 2024, Jones said that Texas was “losing ‘huge amounts of revenue’ by not legalizing sports betting.” When asked if he had previously reached out to Texas governor-elects, Jones said, “I’m really apolitical. I really can’t afford to be a party because our fans are all parties. ... When I have something that will help the Cowboys, then I’m all in.” He added, “That’s what it is and getting really, intensely involved in [politics] is not my gig” (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 11/6).