Kansas City News - Page 3

News Brief: A Kansas City Council committee will consider repealing a ‘casino sidewalk’ exemption to the citywide ban on smoking in public places.

News Brief: The Kansas City Health Department is cracking down on casino smokers. But one recent crack may have come down in the wrong place.

News Brief: For the first time, Harrah’s North Kansas City Casino and Hotel is not ranked first or second in Kansas City’s gambling market.

News Brief: The Kansas City area's four riverboat casinos saw a combined 3.6 percent revenue increase in February compared with last year, according to statistics the Missouri Gaming Commission released Monday.

News Brief: The Kansas City council’s public safety committee has added casino floors and concourses at the Truman Sports Complex as places where smoking would be specifically prohibited.

News brief: Casino companies say getting rid of the loss limit could generate more money for schools, while critics say it would make problem gamblers more vulnerable.

News Brief: Plans to open a $20 million Indian casino in downtown Kansas City, Kan., by the end of the year received a major endorsement Thursday from Wyandotte County’s Unified Government.

News Brief: Admissions fell again but casino revenues grew in August as the Kansas City area’s four gambling parlors raked in $61.3 million.

News Brief: Ameristar Casino has donated $25,000 to pay for the care for expectant mothers who qualify for prenatal and delivery health coverage.

Tim Wright has been promoted to general manager of Ameristar Casino & Hotel Kansas City.

News Brief: A Mexican man has sued the Isle of Capri Casino for wrongly accusing him of using a fake Mexican driver’s license.

News Brief: Ameristar Kansas City Casino and Hotel has agreed to donate $2 million to help complete the Riverfront Heritage Trail bicycle and walking path along the Missouri River.

News Brief: A man apparently told the wrong people he'd won a big jackpot at a casino, because when he got home, they were waiting for him.

News Brief: Rivals are gaining on Ameristar. Kansas City"s casino leader in August posted its weakest revenue and market share performances of the year.

News Brief: The Kansas City area's four casinos' aggregate revenue rose 4 percent in August from the same month last year, according to statistics the Missouri Gaming Commission released.

ews Brief: Kansas City-area casinos' revenue decreased 1 percent in April, and customer counts fell 5 percent compared with the same month last year, according to statistics the Missouri Gaming Commission released Wednesday.

News Brief: The Missouri Gaming Commission on Wednesday fined Ameristar’s Kansas City casino $5,000 for improperly posting a $20,000 lid on Pai Gow poker jackpots.

News Brief: Lawyers were mostly mum on Monday on what happens next in the decade long case of the 7th Street Casino in Kansas City, Kansas.

News Brief: The Kansas City area's four casinos posted combined revenue of $64.4 million in March, up 4 percent from $61.7 million a year earlier, according to statistics from the Missouri Gaming Commission.

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. reports plans for an $85 million expansion project at the company's Kansas City, Missouri property.