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 people disagree.
During an episode of radio host McGraw Milhaven’s show on KTRS (550-AM), Republican Andrew Bailey said, “Not all the machines are the same. It’s impossible to make a blanket determination that everything that looks like an illegal gaming machine must therefore by definition be an illegal gaming machine.”
Bailey, who was appointed to the post in January after serving as Gov. Mike Parson’s top legal counsel, says the issue of the proliferation of video gambling should be handled at the local level and not by state prosecutors.
