Missouri’s top prosecutor issued a warning Thursday to businesses offering slot machines to their customers: Time is ticking on the games.
“They should start removing them,” Attorney General Catherine Hanaway said. “They should start pulling them out.” The message came during a Senate hearing where Hanaway outlined her budget needs for the coming year.
Her warning comes as state lawmakers are considering legislation that would ban gambling terminals in gas stations and bars and replace them with a legalized and taxed system run by the Missouri Lottery that could generate over $300 million a year for the state budget.
“This is a ubiquitous problem all over the state,” Hanaway said.
