Gambling companies pour campaign money into fight over Missouri video lottery bill

By: Rudi Keller

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: June 15, 2026

Words: 2,022

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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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, …

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