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Judge Tosses Missouri Video Slots Lawsuit By Addicts Who Say 'Slot Machines Were Thrust Upon Them'

A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit that sought to shut down Torch Electronics, owner of thousands of video games offering cash prizes in retail locations throughout Missouri. U.S. District Judge Brian Wimes, in a decision issued last week, decided that the seven plaintiffs lacked standing under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt…

Law ・ 02 September 2023

St. Louis Today

Two Arkansas companies enter Missouri’s unregulated slot machine market

JEFFERSON CITY - Two Arkansas companies have apparently entered what has become a lucrative, rapidly expanding and possibly illegal enterprise in Missouri. Missouri Lottery Director May Scheve-Reardon told members of the state lottery commission last week that agency staffers have been reviewing correspondence with the Missouri State Highway Patrol…

Law ・ 09 June 2022

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…

Law ・ 13 January 2022

KPVI

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…

Law ・ 10 October 2021

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Illegal gambling machines smashed following court battle

PLATTE CITY, Mo. (WDAF) - A legal battle over gambling machines ends in pieces in a parking lot north of Kansas City. Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd, Sheriff Mark Owen, and Parkville Police Chief Kevin Chrisman watched as county employees used heavy equipment to smash the five gambling machines Thursday. Piles of smashed parts were the only…

Law ・ 09 October 2021

Missouri Independent

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…

Law ・ 07 October 2021

FOX 4 KC

Platte County smashes illegal gambling machines

PLATTE CITY, Mo. - A legal battle over gambling machines ends in pieces in a parking lot north of Kansas City. Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd, Sheriff Mark Owen and Parkville Police Chief Kevin Chrisman watched as county employees used heavy equipment to smash the five gambling machines Thursday. Piles of smashed parts were the only things…

Law ・ 07 October 2021

Fox 2 Now

Missouri authorities smash illegal gambling machines following court battle

PLATTE CITY, Mo. - A legal battle over gambling machines ends in pieces in a parking lot north of Kansas City. Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd, Sheriff Mark Owen, and Parkville Police Chief Kevin Chrisman watched as county employees used heavy equipment to smash the five gambling machines Thursday. Piles of smashed parts were the only things…

Law ・ 07 October 2021

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The Examiner

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…

Gaming Authorities ・ 07 May 2021

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…

Law ・ 24 January 2021

News-Press NOW

If it looks like a slot machine, maybe it is

They come with flashy display screens and names like Gold Illusion and Lady Luck. These machines beep, chirp, whistle and induce a trance-like stare from players who patiently hope for that one jackpot. To long-time St. Joseph businessman Tom Cobb, they look like slot machines. He's been saying it for years, and now a judge agrees. That could spell…

Gaming Authorities ・ 19 January 2021