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Missouri treasurer defends ads on gambling machines

JEFFERSON CITY - The state treasurer of Missouri says he has no plans to remove decals of the official state seal with his name on them from unregulated slot machines as part of an agreement he made with a politically connected company that has flooded gas stations and bars with the gambling devices. In a letter Friday, Republican Vivek Malek, an…
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Missouri treasurer defends ads on gambling machines
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Missouri's gambling debate players chase stakes worth billions

MISSOURI, USA - Missourians spend billions every year in pursuit of instant riches. They buy lottery tickets, play casino games and dab bingo cards. And increasingly in recent years, they play games of questionable legality in convenience stores, truck stops and small gaming parlors. Everyone involved in the industry thinks people would spend more,…
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Missouri's gambling debate players chase stakes worth billions
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Players in Missouri gambling debate chase stakes worth billions

Missourians spend billions every year in pursuit of instant riches. They buy lottery tickets, play casino games and dab bingo cards. And increasingly in recent years, they play games of questionable legality in convenience stores, truck stops and small gaming parlors. Everyone involved in the industry thinks people would spend more, if given the…
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St. Louis Today

Missouri judge dumps gambling company's suit against state

JEFFERSON CITY - A Cole County judge moved to dismiss a lawsuit by one of the state's largest purveyors of unregulated slot machines Monday, one day before the closely watched case was set to go to trial. Cole County Judge Daniel Green said Torch Electronics cannot go forward with its case against the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Through the…
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Missouri judge dumps gambling company's suit against state
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Trial postponed in Torch gambling case against Missouri highway patrol

The trial in a closely watched case that could settle whether video games offering cash prizes are legal in Missouri has been postponed. On Friday, Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green moved the trial, which had been scheduled to start Tuesday and last up to four days, to Oct. 3, after complaints from attorneys for Torch Electronics about late…
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Trial postponed in Torch gambling case against Missouri highway patrol
St. Louis Today

Trial delayed in high-profile Missouri gambling lawsuit

JEFFERSON CITY - A politically connected company that has flooded Missouri gas stations with unregulated slot machines convinced a judge Friday to delay the start of its trial against the state. Attorneys for Torch Electronics and Warrenton Oil won the change after complaining that the state "dumped more than 5000 pages of previously undisclosed…
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Trial delayed in high-profile Missouri gambling lawsuit
St. Louis Today

Attorney general calls illegal gambling ‘complex.’ Many Missourians disagree.

JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri's attorney general argued last week that the issue of illegal slot machines in gas stations and bars is "complex" when asked whether he believed the unregulated games were legal or illegal. But, a Post-Dispatch review of public complaints about the spread of unregulated and untaxed video gambling in the state shows many…
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Attorney general calls illegal gambling ‘complex.’ Many Missourians disagree.
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St. Louis Today

Second federal lawsuit filed against Missouri slot machine company

JEFFERSON CITY - A politically connected company that has flooded Missouri gas stations and truck stops with slot machines is facing a second federal lawsuit. In a complaint filed Wednesday in Missouri's Eastern District, a Sullivan-based coin-operated amusement game firm sued Wildwood-based Torch Electronics, arguing its video machines are illegal…
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Second federal lawsuit filed against Missouri slot machine company
St. Louis Today

On illegal gambling, new attorney general says solution lies with local officials

JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri's newly minted attorney general signaled a hands-off approach Tuesday to the spread of illegal gambling across the state. Moments after being sworn in as the state's 44th attorney general, Republican Andrew Bailey told reporters that thousands of unregulated and untaxed slot machines are the responsibility of local…
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On illegal gambling, new attorney general says solution lies with local officials
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New Legislation Proposal Targets Illegal Slot Machines in Missouri

New legislation cracking down on illegal electronic gaming machines (EGMs) at gas stations and corner stores in Missouri may be introduced at the Missouri House in January 2023. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that St. Louis riverside district representative Rasheen Aldridge is pushing forward a plan, which aims to eradicate illegal gambling…
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New Legislation Proposal Targets Illegal Slot Machines in Missouri
St. Louis Today

Armed with campaign cash, video gambling companies again pushing for legal slots in Missouri

JEFFERSON CITY - Two video gambling companies from Illinois are backing proposed legislation that would bring slot machines to Missouri gas stations, truck stops and bars. J&J Ventures and Accel Entertainment have formed a political action committee designed to funnel campaign contributions to lawmakers who have been unable to agree on a way to…
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Missouri regulators field complaints, inquiries about spread of slot machines

JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri gaming regulators have recorded nearly 100 reports of illegal slot machines this year as the unregulated industry continues to flood the state with gambling devices. But, not all of the people who call the Missouri Gaming Commission or fill out one of its complaint forms are upset about the spread of the unregulated and…
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Missouri regulators field complaints, inquiries about spread of slot machines
St. Louis Today

Highway patrol finds casino-style slot machines at Missouri gas station

JEFFERSON CITY - A state police investigator found actual, casino-style slot machines at a southwestern Missouri gas station during an investigation into the tens of thousands of unregulated gambling devices that have flooded the state. In March, records show Sgt. Jason Trammell of the Missouri State Highway Patrol found seven of the machines at…
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Highway patrol finds casino-style slot machines at Missouri gas station
St. Louis Today

Senator compares Missouri purveyor of slot machine-style games to illegal drug dealer

JEFFERSON CITY - A state senator on Thursday compared one Wildwood-based company to an illegal drug dealer, calling the argument its video gaming devices aren't games of chance "loose and fictitious." The comments by Sen. Bill White, R-Joplin, followed testimony during a Missouri Senate hearing by Thomas Robbins, lobbyist for Torch Electronics, who…
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Landlord for St. Louis casinos no longer has prominent lobbyist on payroll

JEFFERSON CITY - A prominent Missouri lobbyist is no longer representing a company that serves as a landlord to gambling casinos across the state. Until Monday, Steve Tilley, a close ally to Gov. Mike Parson, was listed on state ethics reports as registered to lobby on behalf of Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. But, after being contacted about…
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Landlord for St. Louis casinos no longer has prominent lobbyist on payroll
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Smashed machines end Missouri illegal gambling case

PLATTE CITY - When the bucket of the backhoe came down on the first of five illegal gambling machines destroyed Thursday by court order, it crumpled like a cardboard box being prepped for recycling. The particle board sides offered no resistance to the pressure, and in about 40 seconds, all that remained was a pile of wood, plastic and electronic…
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Smashed machines put emphatic end on Missouri illegal gambling case

PLATTE CITY - When the bucket of the backhoe came down on the first of five illegal gambling machines destroyed Thursday by court order, it crumpled like a cardboard box being prepped for recycling. The particle board sides offered no resistance to the pressure, and in about 40 seconds, all that remained was a pile of wood, plastic and electronic…
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Smashed machines put emphatic end on Missouri illegal gambling case
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Few charges result from scores of Missouri highway patrol gambling investigations

During 2019 and 2020, the Missouri State Highway Patrol delivered almost 200 cases to local prosecutors alleging violations of state gambling laws. But according to state court data, only about two dozen cases have actually been filed. In most counties with alleged violations - including eight of 13 with five or more cases - prosecutors have not…
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Few charges result from scores of Missouri highway patrol gambling investigations
St. Louis Today

Despite troubles in Illinois, gambling company pouring money into Missouri campaigns

JEFFERSON CITY - One of the nation's largest video gambling companies is pumping contributions into the campaign accounts of Missouri politicians at the same time it faces a $5 million penalty from regulators in Illinois. Accel Entertainment contributed $15000 to the House Republican Campaign Committee on Aug. 24 and has doled out tens of thousands…
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Despite troubles in Illinois, gambling company pouring money into Missouri campaigns
St. Louis Today

Missouri slot machine company sues prosecutor to head off law enforcement scrutiny

JEFFERSON CITY - A Wildwood-based slot machine company sued a southwest Missouri county prosecutor this month in an attempt to stop an investigative subpoena into its operations. The politically connected Torch Electronics sued Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson on July 15, asking the Greene County Circuit Court to quash an…
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Missouri slot machine company sues prosecutor to head off law enforcement scrutiny
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Missouri slow to act on illegal slot machines

Jack Suntrup St. Louis Post-Dispatch JEFFERSON CITY - In the wake of a recent ruling that a Kansas company's unregulated slot machine-style games were illegal, Missouri officials are now divided on how to move forward with policing roughly 14000 similar devices deployed at gas stations and bars across the state. The Post-Dispatch obtained a draft…
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The Joplin Globe

Lawmakers renew effort to crack down on illegal gaming machines in Missouri

Missouri law is clear that it is illegal to have gambling machines outside of a casino. Yet in bars, gas stations and other gathering spots around the state, games similar to slot machines have been popping up for years. So why, despite outcry from some lawmakers, law enforcement and state regulators, has Missouri been hesitant to crack down on…
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