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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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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
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Class Action Filed In Missouri Against Gray-Market Slot Operator

Attorneys in Missouri this week filed a class-action lawsuit accusing a manufacturer of gray-market gambling machines of corruption and racketeering. The suit, filed on behalf of seven state residents who claim to have been harmed "through their use of one or more of the thousands of illegal slot machines," also goes after the owners of the…
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Class Action Filed In Missouri Against Gray-Market Slot Operator
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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
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From 'wise guys' in barrooms to flat screens and apps, how Kansas gambling has evolved

In the first 10 days of legal sports wagering in Kansas, people made almost $40 million in bets. While that may sound like a windfall for the state's treasury, it is not. "After the payment of player prizes and deductions for promotional play and the federal excise tax, net sports wagering revenue for the first 10 days was $233351, of which the…
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From 'wise guys' in barrooms to flat screens and apps, how Kansas gambling has evolved
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Phillips 66 says it doesn't condone illegal gambling at its gas stations

JEFFERSON CITY - A major fuel supplier in Missouri says it is opposed to the spread of illegal gambling at convenience stores and gas stations where its brand is being sold. Phillips 66, which supplies petroleum products to wholesale distributors who, in turn, deliver the product to retailers across the state, said in a statement to the…
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Phillips 66 says it doesn't condone illegal gambling at its gas stations
St. Louis Today

Phillips 66 says it doesn’t condone illegal gambling at its gas stations

JEFFERSON CITY - A major fuel supplier in Missouri says it is opposed to the spread of illegal gambling at convenience stores and gas stations where its brand is being sold. Phillips 66, which supplies petroleum products to wholesale distributors who, in turn, deliver the product to retailers across the state, said in a statement to the…
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Phillips 66 says it doesn’t condone illegal gambling at its gas stations
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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

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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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
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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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Why doesn't Missouri go after illegal gambling sites?

From The St. Louis Post-Dispatch IT IS illegal in Missouri to host gambling machines except in licensed casinos. The law is clear on that, and just for good measure, a judge in September confirmed it. So why are state officials and local prosecutors still failing to confront the bars and gas stations that are hosting thousands of these unlicensed…
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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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