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News Brief: Combined revenue at the Kansas City area's four casinos rose 3 percent, but their combined customer count fell 3 percent in August compared with last year, according to statistics the Missouri Gaming Commission released Monday.

News Brief: A three-day conference on problem gambling will get under way Wednesday in Kansas City.

News Brief: Reputed mafia figure Charles D. Moretina, convicted in 1983 in a casino skimming investigation that effectively marked the decline of organized crime’s influence in Kansas City, died Sunday.

News Brief: Revenue increased for two Kansas City-area casinos and decreased for two others in July compared with last year, according to statistics the Missouri Gaming Commission released Wednesday.

News Brief: Kansas City's casinos came on strong in April, winning $58.8 million from gamblers for the market's third-richest month ever.

News Brief: The Kansas City-area's four casinos posted higher revenue in March compared with the year-ago month, according to statistics the Missouri Gaming Commission released Monday.

News Brief: Penny slots are now Kansas City's most popular casino game.

News Brief: Icy weather cooled customer counts at the four Kansas City area casinos in January and chilled revenue at all but Ameristar Casino & Hotel Kansas City.

News Brief: The roulette wheel is still spinning on a proposed tribal gaming compact that could bring a flashy $210 million casino and hotel to the growing commerical hub around the Kansas Speedway, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius said today.

News Brief: Harrah's Entertainment Inc. kept the top spot among St. Louis-area casinos last month, but Ameristar Casinos Inc. gained ground.

Robert Norton has been promoted to vice president of gaming operations for the Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. Michael Tamburelli has been promoted to vice president and general manager of the Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. Kansas City, Missouri property.

A study by Harvard researchers found that about 39,000 Missourians experienced a serious gambling problem in the past year, and Kansas City and St. Louis are epicenters for the state's problem gamblers.

News Brief: Kansas City's riverboat casinos are having a gung-ho 2004, but August was merely ho-hum, posting a modest 1.7 percent growth over August last year.

News Brief: A Kansas City municipal judge being investigated for accepting loans from lawyers has a gambling addiction, her attorney has confirmed.

News Brief: Poker rookie, Wilma Glorioso, competed against nine other players at Harrah's North Kansas City Casino & Hotel, including the 2003 world champion of poker and walked away the winner.

News Brief: Three of the four Kansas City-area casinos posted higher revenue in June compared with last year, according to statistics the Missouri Gaming Commission released Monday.

News Brief: A judge on Wednesday threw out two gambling-related charges filed against the general manager of a closed American Indian casino in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

News Brief: Step into any casino any Saturday night, and it's instantly obvious that after 10 years, gambling has woven itself deeply into Missouri’s social and economic fabric.

News Brief: As casino revenues climb to record levels this year, Kansas City casino patrons are closing in on the dubious milestone of losing $2 million a day at the boats.

News Brief: The odds of hitting a royal flush in video poker are about 40,000 to 1. But what are the odds of hitting that top jackpot hand during a 15-minute game malfunction?