Sunday Poll: Would Video Gaming Help Missouri’s Budget?
There’s an effort in Jefferson City to bring in more revenue to Missouri, the way Illinois did 5 years ago:
Missouri could reap a $90 million per year jackpot if it allows slot machines in bars, truck stops and fraternal organizations, according to a new analysis of a gambling expansion proposal.
In addition to funneling more money to the state, members of a Senate panel Tuesday heard advocates say video gambling could generate an extra $20 million a year for local governments when as many as 15,000 machines are fully up and running by 2020.
The measure is being pushed by coin-operated vending machine companies, who’ve long wanted a chance to put terminals into local establishments over the objection of the state’s casino industry. (Post-Dispatch)
This is the subject of today’s poll.
This poll will close at 8pm tonight.
— Steve Patterson