Nearly 300 people have asked Missouri gambling regulators to investigate potentially illegal slot machines that have flooded the state.
In a report to the Missouri Lottery Commission, the general counsel of the Missouri Gaming Commission said a hotline established by the agency has received 280 citizen reports about the machines, which may be siphoning money away from the state’s regulated gambling industry, including the state lottery and the 13 licensed casinos.
“A lot of them are from citizens concerned about illegal gaming,” Ed Grewach told lottery officials.
The games, set up in gas stations and bars, operate similarly to casino slot machines in that a player deposits money with the chance of winning or losing money by placing a bet.
