The state's professional sports teams and the Minnesota Indian Gaming Association (MIGA) announced their support for the proposal in letters. The DFL bill would allow each of the 11 tribes one sports betting license to partner with a mobile gambling platform, such as FanDuel, DraftKings or Caesars. Age 21 would be the threshold for mobile betting. Garafolo also objects to the bill's provision allowing in-person sports betting at age 18, calling it a very bad idea. Jeremy Miller, R-Winona, the sponsor of a separate legalization bill. 'And if I'm not voting for it - it is difficult to imagine any other GOP member does,' he said in a statement echoed by Sen. Pat Garafolo, R-Farmington and the self-proclaimed 'Godfather of sports betting,' said without the involvement of Shakopee's Canterbury Park, he can't vote for it. John Marty of Roseville, said he doesn't want to expand gambling and Republican votes may hinge on the inclusion of the two tracks.

The bill still faces trouble in the Senate, where the DFL controls the chamber by a single vote.

And much as with Sunday sales a number of years ago, they often don't understand why their wishes are being obstructed by government and creating inconveniences in their lives.' Senate sponsor Matt Klein, DFL-Mendota Heights, said, 'Minnesotans are demanding sports betting really, and they are in many cases already accessing it on a black market. Zack Stephenson, DFL-Coon Rapids, said the Legislature is 'back to finish the job' it started last year when the House passed his bill but the Senate did not. Key Democrats released their plan Tuesday to give sports gambling licenses exclusively to the state's American Indian tribes, allowing betting at their casinos and on mobile devices, but not at the state's two racetracks, an exclusion criticized by Republicans.

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