The Missouri Gaming Commission (MGC) has denied the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)’s request to ban prop bet offerings on college sports, or wagers based upon an individual player’s performance in the game.
MGC Chairwoman Jan Zimmerman stated she doesn’t “know enough yet” to grant the NCAA’s request, believing there has not been enough information made available to consider banning prop bets at this time.
The NCAA sent the request to US regulators amid recent betting scandals across both the collegiate association and NBA, including a federal investigation which uncovered a betting scheme involving more than 39 players from 17 NCAA Division One programs on January 15.
Over 24 individuals were indicted on charges of alleged bribery, wire fraud and conspiracy, having recruited college athletes to purposefully underperform in certain matchups and then wager against the player’s performance on various sports betting platforms.
Prosecutors were unable to share exactly how much the alleged fixers received in wager payouts, but did confirm “substantial proceeds” were generated while “hundreds of thousands of dollars” were spent in bribes.
Missouri regulators, including Zimmerman and the MGC, were unwilling to alter the state’s sports betting rules less than two months after legalizing the offering, having officially gone live on December 1, 2025.
The state currently prohibits prop bets on collegiate athletes playing for Missouri-based universities, but allows for such wagers on any other college sporting event. Since 2023, states such as Louisiana, Ohio, Maryland and Vermont have banned prop bets involving collegiate athletes.
In a written statement issued to the MGC, the Sports Betting Alliance highlighted how legal sportsbooks can play a role in catching instances of wrongdoing rather than force bettors to place prop bet wagers on unregulated platforms.
The Alliance, which consists of operators such as FanDuel, DraftKings and BetMGM, believes the NCAA’s request failed to meet Missouri’s criteria for regulatory revisions and should not result in changes to the new sports betting market.
The MGC reported the state’s adjusted gross revenue for December 2025 on January 13, as commercial gaming properties combined to produce $172.4m for an increase of 5% year-over-year
