Campaign Media Analysis Group, the nonpartisan ad-monitoring firm that tracked such spending for the Post-Dispatch and tons of other media outlets, has just issued its state-by-state survey of which groups spent the most on ballot measures.

In Missouri, the top spenders…

Casinos appear to have won their big bet to take loss limits off the table in Missouri.

With 92 percent of precincts reporting, Missouri voters were on their way to approving Proposition A, 55 percent to 45 percent. That would bring…

Missouri’s casino loss limits may be a thing of the past, if early voting holds up.

Proposition A was leading 54 percent to 46 in early returns, with about 21 percent of precincts reporting statewide.

The measure would end Missouri’s one-of-a-kind $500…

This is one of several commercials for Prop. A. — which seeks to eliminate the $500 betting limit at Missouri casinos — featuring an educator.

Carnahan

Secretary of State Robin Carnahan just released a statement praising today’s ruling keeping a gambling issue on the Nov. 4 ballot.

The ruling, described in my story on the mother ship, found that the ballot measure complies with the state’s single-subject…

Slay

Mayor Francis Slay has announced his support for three propositions on the November ballot in Missouri.

On Prop. A, Slay said he considers rescinding the $500 limit at Missouri casinos a plus for the city — especially considering the new $500 million Lumiere…

When it comes to enticing gamblers, casinos use big lights and catchy promotions to bring in the bucks.

But votes, apparently, is a different story. Here is one of the commercials the state’s gambling industry is…

Two companies that operate local casinos have put even more coin towards a ballot question that would repeal state limits on gambling.

Ameristar, which has a boat in St. Charles, and Pinnacle Entertainment, whose Lumiere Place opened downtown last year,…

The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry has endorsed the gambling industry’s proposal to repeal the $500 loss limit, the last remnant of rules voters approved when they legalized riverboat gambling in 1992.

Dan Mehan, president and CEO of the chamber,…

Be sure to check out our brother Business News blog on STLtoday.com, which has spending reports from “Yes for Schools First” — the euphemistically-named campaign seeking to repeal the $500 spending limits at state casinos. (It would also raise taxes on…