Politically connected companies have placed the machines in gas stations, restaurants, truck stops and bars, including more than 50 locations in St. There needs to be teeth that basically brings this into check.” Obviously, we think they are wrong.” He said when he sees the games as he enters a gas station, “I feel like I’m walking into a casino. He said, “These games, these machines are being touted as legal. Schatz said the machines are cannibalizing revenue from the state’s legal gambling options. Under Schatz’s measures, a business found guilty of illegal gambling would lose its liquor license, would not be able to sell lottery tickets and would be barred from having a video gambling license if that’s legalized. Senate President Pro Tem Dave Schatz recently held a legislative committee hearing to consider his Senate Bills 530 and 557, which would ban the machines.
In Missouri, legislators are increasingly alarmed at the spread of thousands unregulated, untaxed slot machines throughout the state.
