A political fight is already underway across Texas to expand gambling. It will crank up in the years ahead as the Las Vegas Sands bets its future on North Texas. The company and the family that owns it plan to spend millions of dollars on Texas political races in the years ahead.

The Las Vegas Sands wants to put a luxury casino resort in North Texas, just like the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. NBC DFW went to the other side of the globe, to Singapore, to see the Marina Bay Sands. The casino and destination resort employs 12,000 people within its 55 stories and pumps billions into the local economy.

The company has a major hurdle here—the Texas Constitution does not allow for casino gaming. The company and its allies plan to spend tens of millions over the next few years to convince lawm

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