Four days after Missouri lawmakers adjourned in May, a company hoping to crack open the state gambling market with video slot machines donated $200,000 to three of the proposal’s biggest boosters in the General Assembly.
Conservative Leadership for Southeast Missouri, the political action committee aligned with state Sen. Jason Bean, a Holcomb Republican, received $100,000. Bean is likely to become state Senate president pro tem in 2027.
Bean publicly championed the proposal this year, including using Senate floor time in May to showcase support among members expected to return in 2027.
