MARYVILLE, Mo. — A Missouri Lottery player in Maryville was shocked when he discovered he’d won a $274,000 Show Me Cash prize in the March 14 drawing. Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Cindy O'Laughlin, R-Shelbina, put herself in charge of a select committee to hear bills that would legalize video lottery.

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(Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). There is nothing promoters of legal video lottery games can say that will convince Missouri Senate ... Video lottery will keep its promise, unlike sports wagering, he said. During the campaign in 2024, promoters of sports wagering aired commercials that portrayed it as a boon to education funding.

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But that constitutional amendment included provisions allowing sports bookmakers to deduct all of their promotional costs from their net revenue. Video lottery operators on Tuesday promised Missouri will reap a windfall of money for education and other programs if lawmakers will substitute their devices for slot machine-like games currently in thousands of retail locations across the state. The changes made Monday to Hardwick’s bill, while allowing a two-year transition, would explicitly ban Torch from converting its machines to legal video lottery terminals. The bill would also give local governments 120 days after the law takes effect to pass an ordinance against video lottery. Video lottery bill would allow 2 years to remove Missouri’s ‘gray ...

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MARYVILLE, Mo. — A Maryville woman uncovered a $100,000 prize on a Missouri Lottery “Fat Wallet” scratchers ticket and couldn’t wait to share the news with her kids. MARYVILLE, Mo. — Monday’s Powerball drawing made one lucky ticket purchased in Maryville a winner. The ticket was purchased at the Hy-Vee gas station, according to the Missouri Lottery. Wendy Baker, a spokeswoman for the lottery, told The Forum that as of Wednesday at noon, the ticket had not ...