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Senate floor erupts in wide debate over legalizing and regulating video lottery terminals
Summary
Multiple senators engaged in hours of questioning and exchanges over an amendment and bill proposals to legalize and regulate video lottery terminals (VLTs) in convenience stores and other retailers — weighing potential revenue against public‑safety and enforcement concerns.
A series of long floor inquiries and interjections turned into one of the day’s most sustained debates: whether Missouri should move to legalize and regulate video lottery terminals (VLTs) currently operating in a gray market. Senators who favored legalization said the state is failing to capture hundreds of millions of dollars already circulating in an unregulated market and that a regulated model (with opt‑in by municipalities, age‑verification and separate rooms for machines) could redirect money into education, infrastructure or to…
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