{"id":2096,"date":"2024-06-18T23:06:33","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T23:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restaurace-pohoda.eu\/?p=2096"},"modified":"2024-06-27T13:35:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T13:35:31","slug":"mavericks-co-owner-patrick-dumont-has-patience-for-casino-enabling-legislation-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/restaurace-pohoda.eu\/index.php\/2024\/06\/18\/mavericks-co-owner-patrick-dumont-has-patience-for-casino-enabling-legislation-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks Co-Owner Patrick Dumont Has Patience for Casino-Enabling Legislation in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dallas Mavericks<\/a> lost a heartbreaking NBA championship game to the Boston Celtics<\/a> on Monday, but Mavericks co-owner Patrick Dumont<\/a> is still hopeful his team will win a future championship \u2014 and even score another sought-after victory \u2014 a casino resort in Texas.<\/p>\n

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Patrick Dumont, pictured above is president of Las Vegas Sands and co-owner of the Dallas Mavericks. He wants to see an LVS casino in Texas. (Image: Dallas Morning News<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dumont, who\u2019s president and COO of Las Vegas Sands (LVS), as well as Miriam Adelson\u2019s<\/a> son-in-law, is the new majority owner of the Mavericks, along with Adelson.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we bought the Mavericks, we weren\u2019t really thinking about casino gaming,\u201d Dumont told reporters on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cUs buying the team had nothing to do with getting gambling in Texas,\u201d Dumont said. \u201cLas Vegas Sands has been looking in Texas way before we ever knew we were going to buy the team.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cNow, if there ever comes a time where those two things converge and there\u2019s common interest there, and it makes sense, then we\u2019ll pursue it,\u201d he added. \u201cBut for now, I\u2019m very focused on the Dallas Mavericks doing the things that are right for the Mavericks and Las Vegas Sands is very focused on doing things that are right for Las Vegas Sands.\u201d<\/p>\n

LVS continues to show perseverance and patience as it lobbies for casino legislation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe think long term. We\u2019re not people who think in the short term,\u201d Dumont said. \u201cWe\u2019re patient \u2026 Over time, hopefully, we\u2019ll be successful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Experts Weigh In<\/h2>\n

\u201cPatience is a virtue, especially in the politics of the state legislature,\u201d Brandon Rottinghaus, a political scientist at the University of Houston, told Casino.org <\/em>when asked about Dumont\u2019s comments on casino legislation.<\/p>\n

\u201cMajor legislative changes are always a waiting game in the Texas legislature,\u201d he added.\u00a0\u201cThis is especially true when it comes to gambling, which has both moral and economic impacts on the state.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rice University professor Mark P. Jones<\/a> added that Dumont ideally would like to see destination resort casino legislation passed during the 2025 legislative session.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cDumont has good reason to believe that at some point this decade destination resort casino legislation will pass out of the Texas Legislature and be approved by voters,\u201d Jones told Casino.org<\/em>.<\/p>\n

That political achievement could be combined with a Mavericks\u2019 championship and a new home complex in Dallas.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the Mavericks return to the NBA Championship in 2030, those games will quite possibly be played in a new arena located within the complex of one of the largest and most impressive destination resort casinos in the world, courtesy of the Las Vegas Sands,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n

Political Positions<\/h2>\n

During the 2023 legislative session, LVS and other casino supporters got much-needed support from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, R, and House Speaker Dade Phelan, R.<\/p>\n

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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, R, and several Republican allies in the Texas Senate so far are opposed to LVS\u2019 goal of getting a destination casino in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cIt is always possible that the lieutenant governor and the Republican senators could change their position vis-a-vis casino gambling, if not in 2025, then in 2027,\u201d Jones said. Perhaps their positions could change if the state faces a budget crisis, he added.<\/p>\n

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The Dallas Mavericks lost a heartbreaking NBA championship game to the Boston Celtics on Monday, but Mavericks co-owner Patrick Dumont is still hopeful his team will win a future championship \u2014 and even score another sought-after victory \u2014 a casino resort in Texas. Patrick Dumont, pictured above is president of Las Vegas Sands and co-owner…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/restaurace-pohoda.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2096"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/restaurace-pohoda.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/restaurace-pohoda.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/restaurace-pohoda.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/restaurace-pohoda.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2096"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/restaurace-pohoda.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2099,"href":"http:\/\/restaurace-pohoda.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2096\/revisions\/2099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/restaurace-pohoda.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/restaurace-pohoda.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/restaurace-pohoda.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/restaurace-pohoda.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}