Missouri News - Page 17

Pinnacle Entertainment has been selected by the Missouri Gaming Commission for priority investigation in connection with the Company's two casino and related development proposals for St. Louis City and County.

News Brief: The Missouri Gaming Commission has voted to relax its rule against allowing guns in casinos in accordance with a state law, but patrons still shouldn't expect to be able to strap on a six-shooter while sitting at the poker tables.

News Brief: The Missouri Gaming Commission on Wednesday fined Harrah's North Kansas City Casino and Hotel $25,000 for mailing promotional material to compulsive gamblers.

News Brief: Mississippi-based Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. is adding a 120-room hotel to its Boonville, Mo., casino property.

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: Penn National Gaming Inc.'s agreement to buy the President Casino on the Admiral underscores its penchant for expanding through shrewd acquisitions, a Wall Street analyst said Wednesday.

News Brief: A defeat of an amendment that would have authorized a gambling boat in Rockaway Beach has left the little Missouri town angry.

News Brief: Missouri voters rejected a plan Tuesday to rewrite the state constitution to allow riverboat gambling in the struggling resort town of Rockaway Beach.

News Brief: The state Board of Education cautioned Missouri voters last week about unanswered school funding questions arising from a proposed amendment on Tuesday's ballot to allow a casino in southwest Missouri.

News Brief: The state Board of Education cautioned Missouri voters Thursday about unanswered school funding questions arising from a proposed amendment on Tuesday's ballot to allow a casino in southwest Missouri.

News Brief: The Rockaway Beach casino issue is stacking up as one of the most expensive ballot questions in Missouri election history.

News Brief: Although passage of Amendment 1 would provide the necessary constitutional authorization for a casino to be built at the White River town, it doesn't guarantee the facility will ever become a reality.

Opponents of an amendment to allow a casino in southwest Missouri are rolling out television and radio ads beginning today that play on fears of expanding gambling.

News Brief: Business leaders in Boonville say allowing riverboat gambling in southwest Missouri would siphon gamblers from the Isle of Capri casino and hurt the local economy.

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.

The Missouri Gaming Commission will not consider a new casino for the St. Louis area at its meeting July 8, citing a need for more study, the commission's chairman said Thursday.

News Brief: The Missouri Gaming Commission will not consider a new casino for the St. Louis area at its nest meeting, citing a need for more study.

News Brief: Opponents of a proposed casino in the southwest Missouri town of Rockaway Beach say they will not pursue any further legal action before an Aug. 3 statewide election on whether to authorize the casino.

News Brief: After some late uncertainty, the St. Louis County Council Tuesday night gave initial approval to Pinnacle Entertainment's proposal to build a $300 million casino, hotel and shopping complex in Lemay.

Argosy Gaming Company has announced a $75 million expansion at Argosy Casino Riverside, an investment which will create a high-quality 250-room resort hotel and new 1,400-space parking garage.