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Missouri prepares for final marijuana microbusiness lottery under tougher rules

  • Rebecca Rivas

Missouri received nearly 900 applications for its final round of marijuana microbusiness licenses, with the Missouri Lottery scheduled to draw applicants on Sept. 9 for 77 available licenses. But unlike the entrepreneurs selected in the program’s first two rounds, this year’s applicants will enter a system reshaped by two years of growing pains and dozens […]

Tennessee

Report: Tennessee’s lottery-funded scholarship program faces revenue shortfalls

  • Cassandra Stephenson

Tennessee Lottery proceeds that fund many of the state’s college and technical education scholarships are projected to fall short of covering those programs’ costs each year through 2030, according to a report released Tuesday. Net lottery proceeds — the money left over after prizes and operating costs are covered — have fallen 21.9% since fiscal […]

Missouri

Gambling company bankrolls attacks in Missouri Senate District 16 GOP primary

  • Rudi Keller

An Illinois gambling company seeking to legalize video lottery terminals in Missouri is financing a radio campaign attacking former state Rep. Hannah Kelly in a four-way Republican primary for the state Senate. J&J Ventures of Effingham, Illinois, is the only donor to Legio XIII PAC, a political action committee created May 13, Missouri Ethics Commission […]