When Can You Bet On the Red-Hot St. Louis Cardinals in Missouri?

Fahad Umar
May 15, 2025
9:34 am

The St. Louis Cardinals have won 10 of their past 11 games, improving their odds to make the MLB Playoffs
Potential bettors in Missouri cannot bet on them yet as they await an official sports betting launch
Missouri sports betting apps could be available in time for the postseason and World Series

The St. Louis Cardinals are one of the hottest teams in Major League Baseball right now. They’ve won 10 of their past 11 games, including a nine-game win streak, rocketing up the NL Central standings.

And unless they decided to drive to a neighboring state, sports bettors in Missouri weren’t able to wager on a single one of those games.

That will change, of course, when Missouri sports betting apps launch sometime in the fall. But could that happen in time for a potential Cardinals’ playoff run, or to bet on the World Series at all?

When Will Sports Betting Be Legal in Missouri?

Sports betting in Missouri was legalized by voters in the 2024 election, but nobody can make a bet in the Show-Me State yet.

The vote set into motion the regulatory gears, led by the Missouri Gaming Commission, which will set rules and a launch date for Missouri sports betting. That date has not yet been set, but it has to be prior to Dec. 1, 2025, and is expected to come sometime in mid-to-late fall.

Will You Be Able to Bet on the 2025 MLB Playoffs in Missouri?

The December deadline ensures that bettors in Missouri will get to bet on the NFL this coming season. Whether or not it will be available for any of the MLB season is a little more up in the air.

MLB postseason games take place, almost exclusively, in October. The latest reports indicate October would be the absolute earliest a sports betting launch could come in Missouri, as a key hearing is set for the end of August.

So, while the regular season is out of the question, it’s possible that some of the first bets placed in Missouri could be placed on MLB games. Will the Cardinals—or Kansas City Royals—still be alive by then? That’s a possibility that seems a lot less far-fetched than it did even two weeks ago, at least when it comes to the Cards.

Betting on the Cardinals in Missouri

With their recent hot streak, the Cardinals improved to 24-20, good enough to be one game out of first in the NL Central, and one game back of the final NL Wild Card spot.

DraftKings listed the Cardinals odds at +220 to make the postseason on Thursday morning, and +400 to win the NL Central.

While DraftKings Missouri isn’t available yet to make those bets on the Cardinals, if it were, $100 bets on each would return you $320 and $500 (winnings + returned stake), respectively.

The Royals, meanwhile, have much better playoff odds at +100, as they currently sit in one of the three AL Wild Card slots. Their odds to win the AL Central at DraftKings are longer than the Cardinals’ division odds, coming in at +550, thanks to the league-leading Tigers.

Futures bets will be one of the many you’ll be able to place when Missouri sports betting goes live, although these ones will be off the board by then.

If Missouri’s baseball teams are still alive post-launch, you will be able to make run line, over/under, home run prop bets and many more.