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A vote “FOR” will amend the Nebraska Constitution to authorize the enactment of laws to allow persons located within Nebraska to place sports wagers through an Internet-based platform when offered by an authorized gaming operator conducting games of chance within a licensed racetrack enclosure in Nebraska. A vote “AGAINST” means the Nebraska Constitution will not be amended in this manner. Shall the Nebraska Constitution be amended to authorize the enactment of laws allowing persons located within Nebraska to place sports wagers through an Internet-based platform when offered by an authorized gaming operator conducting games of chance within a licensed racetrack enclosure in Nebraska?
A vote “FOR” will amend the Nebraska Constitution to authorize the enactment of laws to allow persons located within Nebraska to place sports wagers through an Internet-based platform when offered by an authorized gaming operator conducting games of chance within a licensed racetrack enclosure in Nebraska.
A vote “AGAINST” means the Nebraska Constitution will not be amended in this manner.
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Vote FOR Initiative 440 to legalize online sports wagering and direct more than $166 million to property tax relief. We know Nebraskans are already wagering on sports through illegal and offshore platforms or driving to a neighboring state where wagering is legal. This means millions of dollars in tax revenue leave our state every year. Initiative 440 keeps the money in Nebraska through a legal, regulated and secure marketplace that is projected to deliver more than $166 million in direct property tax relief to Nebraska homeowners, farmers, ranchers and small businesses over the next ten years. Legal online sports wagering will keep the money in Nebraska and generate millions of dollars in real property tax relief. Vote FOR Initiative 440.
Supporters contend (pamphlet: "derived from information provided to the Secretary of State from supporters"; no named author)
Initiative Measure 440 turns every phone into a casino, every play into a wager, and every athlete into a target—sending hundreds of millions of dollars out of Nebraska to out-of-state gambling conglomerates. It is funded by out-of-state billion-dollar gambling corporations and opposed by many Nebraska leaders, players, and coaches. Online sports betting fuels corruption in sports and is one of the most common forms of abuse athletes receive, including threats of violence to themselves and their families. Every teenager with a phone will face aggressive advertising, while taxpayers and families get no real property tax relief, as casinos promised five years ago, and will be forced to pay for increased social costs. Vote AGAINST Initiative Measure 440 to protect Nebraska families, taxpayers, and student-athletes.
Opponents contend (pamphlet: "derived from information provided to the Secretary of State from opponents"; no named author)
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