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Greg Abbott: “Gambling is illegal in the state of Texas.”

Featuring: Greg Abbott, Republican | Governor of Texas

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Governor Greg Abbott joins Galveston County Commissioners to discuss property tax proposal

Published | Video Starts at 12:26

I can tell you this. Gambling in the state of Texas is illegal, whether it's at local or state level, whatever the case may be, they're under our constitution. Gambling is illegal in the state of Texas. So I'm not sure what you're talking about that would circumvent that. Oh, got it. Things like that. I don't know. Again, I don't know how that works and I'm not sure about fuzzy bears, things like that. (12:26–12:29)

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Asserts that gambling is illegal under the Texas constitution.

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