In Missouri, sports betting will soon be legal after Tuesday night’s election, but the measure just barely passed.

In fact, it wasn’t until the early morning hours Wednesday that Amendment 2 was declared a winner. It came down to a margin of less than 5,000 votes, according to the Missouri Secretary of State’s website.

The next question is when people in Missouri can place a sports bet. The answer has to be before December 1 of 2025 because that’s the way the initiative petition was written, but it could be available a few months before then.