Kansas City Cracks Down on Illegal Gambling Machines

0:00In Kansas today, March 21st, Kansas City's public safety task force cracked down hard on illegal gambling machines last month, issuing at least 30 citations and shutting down. Six businesses. A new city ordinance bans these machines outright, and the task force is now enforcing it aggressively to curb the problems they've caused for years. Business owners are pushing back, with one attorney representing affected spots, planning to challenge the closures at a hearing next month, arguing it. It overlooks bigger issues like online betting from home. Meanwhile, Jackson County and the state attorney general announced their own crackdowns this week. While the city can hit businesses with fines up to $1,000 per machine, stores running only gambling ops face full shutdowns, but others just get citations for now, and officials plan daily checks to keep the pressure on.