In Fintan's absence we do away with (most of) the usual blather and invite proper, serious political reporter Patrick Svitek of The Texas Tribune on. Patrick kindly explains the ins and outs of Texas law, and why we won't see movement there for casinos before the decade's end, though mobile sports betting may come a little sooner [0:00 - 42:32].

As always thanks to our publishing overlords +More Media, and our recruitment/corporate overlords Gaming Recruitment Solutions (www.grs-recruit.com).