Kansas News - Page 11

News Brief: Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is betting $81 million that the Kansas courts ultimately will approve the casino gambling law enacted by the Legislature last year.

News Brief: The five-member Kansas Lottery Commission on Monday unanimously rejected a request from Epic Gaming to accept its late application for a $65 million complex in southeast Dodge City.

News Brief: Four of the five Mulvane City Council members say they are leaning toward approving the $500 million resort proposed by Harrah's Entertainment-Sumner Gaming and Resorts.

News Brief: One Wyandotte County, Kansas, casino contender has scored Michael Jordan's Steak House as a possible tenant.

The Kansas Lottery has narrowed the competition for management of a destination facility in Dodge City, Kansas which includes a casino to Butler National Corporation.

News Brief: It looks like Edwardsville, Kansas, officials will be reviewing another casino proposal before long.

News Brief: Harrah's and MGM Mirage are trying to get the city of Mulvane to endorse their plans for resorts near the Kansas Turnpike's Mulvane exit.

News Brief: The Kansas Lottery received six applications from groups interested in locating a casino in Wyandotte County.

News Brief: Officials at Camptown Greyhound Park north of Frontenac, Kansas, have ceased construction on the facility.

News Brief: Epic Gaming is still hoping Kansas will consider its bid for developing Ford County's casino.

News Brief: Intrust Financial Corp. and Wichita hotelier Jack DeBoer each gave $100,000 to defeat gambling in Sedgwick County, campaign finance reports released Monday show.

News brief: A Las Vegas company has applied for permission from the state to build a casino complex near Kansas Speedway.

News Brief: Shawnee County District Court Judge Charles Andrews said Tuesday that he will give a response to an expanded gambling lawsuit before February.

News Brief: During nearly nine-hour long meeting Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, the Unified Government Board of Commissioners voted to move forward casino proposals from the Kansas Speedway and Legends Sun.

News Brief: Wyandotte County’s Unified Board of Commissioners has approved two planning and zoning applications from development teams vying to become the manager of a state-owned casino.

News Brief: Despite slot machines being turned down by Sedgwick County voters, officials with the Wichita Greyhound Park and Camptown Greyhound Park say that there is the prospect to revisit the measure with voters.

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. and Sumner Gaming and Resorts announced today their proposal for a destination resort to be located in Sumner County, Kansas, which was submitted to the Sumner County Commission today for its consideration.

Penn National Gaming, Inc. has filed a license application with the Kansas Lottery Commission to be considered as a Lottery Gaming Facility Manager at a proposed destination casino resort in Sumner County.

News Brief: With Wednesday as the deadline, Sumner County officials expect to receive applications from three of the top four casino operators in the world.

News Brief: The Canadian-based Nova Group has backed out of plans to submit a proposal for a destination-based casino in Sumner County.