Missouri Won’t Ban Player Props on College Sports

Missouri has become the latest state to deny an NCAA request to ban college prop bets, specifically those on individual players and their performances. 

Heightened calls for banning this particular market have been heard in recent months, in light of many high-profile scandals that have rocked pro sports as well as college athletics. 

Missouri Hesitant to Ban Prop Bets Just Yet – It’s Too Soon

On Thursday, the Missouri Gaming Commission said that it would not be following up on the request and turned down the proposal.

Missouri argued that the recently launched market could be hurt by sporadic tinkering with its gambling framework and would, for the time being, have to collect more information on the matter. Officially, sports gambling launched on December 1, 2025.

Commission chair Jan Zimmerman confirmed as much, arguing that a decision was not possible at present due to a lack of sufficient input and evidence. The NCAA has grown accustomed to pushback but is not letting up.

Since 2023, the association has been calling on states to reconsider their college betting rules, exploiting not least a historic opposition to college betting in general. 

Some states have seen the NCAA eye-to-eye and enforced the restriction, among which are states such as Vermont, Louisiana, Maryland, and Ohio. Yet, the NCAA has not had the breakaway success that it would have liked to have ensured. 

Despite the setbacks, NCAA president Charlie Baker has repeatedly insisted that issues about the integrity of college sports be addressed on several levels. Through awareness trainings, more action from regulators cracking down on prop bets, and an internal code of conduct that would hopefully make athletes less likely to compromise the integrity of the game. 

Operators, though, disagree that props need to go. In fact, it’s because props are filtered through legal bookmakers that fraud is caught, most prominent names inthe sector object.