Columbia’s city council is scheduled to vote Monday evening on a proposal to outlaw video lottery terminals.
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway says these terminals are illegal gambling devices.
The measure in Columbia was introduced in March and it’s been tabled until Monday evening. Mayor Barbara Buffaloe tells 939 the Eagle that she plans to vote for the measure:
“We just wanted to make it clear that they were illegal in Columbia. We held off our vote until we saw what was happening at the state, because we knew there was some legislation there. But we waited until (Missouri’s 2026 legislative) session was closer to ending to reintroducing it for us. And so the vote will be on Monday on whether or not they are illegal in Columbia,” Mayor Buffaloe says.
Mayor Buffaloe is thankful the state is moving forward on this issue.
General Hanaway’s office has announced that the Missouri State Highway Patrol, local law enforcement officers and her office carried out Tuesday’s sting operation and allegedly found illegal gambling devices at Columbia’s Eagle Stop convenience store on North Providence and at Ashland’s Woody’s Pub and Grub.
Monday’s Columbia city council meeting begins at 7 at city hall.