EDWARDSVILLE, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Bar and restaurant owners are making a renewed push for expanded video gambling machines in Edwardsville, with city officials moving forward on a referendum that could appear on the March ballot.

“We are the only community in Madison County who does not currently have this revenue stream,” said Steve Seibert, owner of Big Daddy’s Edwardsville since 2008.

Seibert spoke at Tuesday night’s Edwardsville Administrative and Community Services Committee meeting in favor of the expansion. He’s been working on this renewed push for about a year.

“I’ve been talking to people within the gaming industry and then I’ve talked with the city since about August. So, in the last year, I’ve been looking at regulations within other communities, what’s worked, what hasn’t

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