- State closer to using casinos for KPERS
- May 15, 2012
- Kansas legislators moved closer Monday to dedicating revenues from state-owned casinos to pensions for teachers and government workers as part of a broader bill bolstering the long-term financial health of the state’s retirement system
- Kansas plan uses casinos to boost pension system
- March 20, 2012
- Gamblers at state-owned casinos in Kansas would help prop up the pension system for teachers and government workers with each hand of blackjack and spin of the roulette wheel under a bill approved Tuesday by the state House.
- Bingo has charms over casino gambling
- March 18, 2012
- The loosening of the state’s casino laws has made it easier than ever to test the axiom that “money won is twice as sweet as money earned.” But for decades it wasn’t so easy. If you wanted to gamble in Kansas — legally, anyway — there was basically only one way to do it. And (apologies in advance) bingo was its name-o.
- Few people using Kansas fund for problem gamblers
- March 2, 2012
- State officials want to raise awareness of a fund that helps people with gambling addictions, which is getting little use.
- No dice on casinos in southeast Kansas
- January 6, 2012
- Despair about the circus life of gambling in this economically depressed region doesn’t end at weed-choked Camptown. A consultant declared seven years ago Galena in neighboring Cherokee County was the best location in the state for a casino. None has been built in the old mining town while gambling edifices emerged in all three other zones formed by the state government.
- New casino takes in $3.25 million in 8 days
- December 29, 2011
- The new Kansas Star Casino is proving to be a winning bet.
- Kansas Star Casino opens near Mulvane
- December 26, 2011
- The opening of the second state-owned casino in Kansas was a big draw on the day after Christmas.
- Kansas cuts contributions to problem gambling fund
- 10:36 a.m., December 26, 2011 Updated 12:03 a.m.
- Even while revenues from two new state-owned casinos are expected to increase state revenue by millions of dollars, fewer dollars will be available this fiscal year for a fund designed to help people struggling with gambling addictions.
- Gamblers test their luck at new Kansas casino
- December 23, 2011
- Dice are rolling and slots machines are dinging at a new south-central Kansas casino, even though its official opening isn’t until Monday.
- Kansas Star Casino certified to open Dec. 26
- December 19, 2011
- State gambling regulators have given final approval for the Kansas Star Casino to open for business Dec. 26.
- Dodge City casino representatives not worried about competition of new Kansas Star Casino
- December 18, 2011
- Officials with the first state-owned casino in Kansas say they’re not worried about competition from state’s second, which is scheduled to open the day after Christmas south of Wichita.
- Kansas Star Casino gets OK for controlled demonstration
- December 12, 2011
- The Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission has given the Kansas Star Casino in Mulvane a conditional certificate to hold a controlled demonstration.
- New casino in Mulvane may draw 2 million-plus visitors
- December 9, 2011
- The Kansas Star casino is making last-minute preparations as its Dec. 26 opening date nears, and is expected to draw more than 2 million people and ring up some $150 million in revenues in its first year.
- Kan. casino regulators meet next week in Mulvane
- December 8, 2011
- The board that regulates Kansas casinos is having its next meeting in Mulvane, near the site of a state-owned gambling complex that’s set to open early next year.
- Repealer says he has received hundreds of suggestions to erase state laws
- November 21, 2011
- Taylor, who also was appointed by Gov. Sam Brownback as the state’s repealer, said he will present his report to the governor soon.
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