Missouri News - Page 19

News Brief: The battle for lucrative casino licenses in the St. Louis market escalated Thursday as members of the Missouri Gaming Commission toured four potential sites to see how the developments would fit into the communities.

News Brief: A rare casino chip, considered by collectors to be the hobby's Holy Grail, was sold Sunday on eBay for a single-chip record price of $33,000.

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. reports that the City of St. Louis Board of Aldermen approved going forward with the Company's development agreement for a proposed casino at Laclede's Landing.

News Brief: After a flat 2003 that had experts wondering whether riverboat fever here had finally topped out, the Kansas City casino market is growing dramatically in 2004.

News Brief: Riviera Holdings behind a Jefferson County casino proposal and a local group supporting it say plans for the $170 million gambling, hotel and entertainment complex are still very much in play.

News Brief: Supporters of the proposed casino on Lake Taneycomo submitted more than 190,000 petition signatures to the Missouri Secretary of State.

News Brief: Proposals to remove the $500 loss limit on casinos or to raise taxes on the riverboats have run aground in the Missouri Senate.

News Brief: Two Missouri lawmakers have introduced a bill that aims to provide new money to all public universities by tapping casinos and people who work in Missouri but live in other states.

Pinnacle Entertainment has been picked as the developer of choice for a new gaming location in south St. Louis County.

News Brief: A St. Louis city panel has chosen Pinnacle Entertainment to operate a casino complex on Laclede's Landing downtown.

News Brief: Revenue increased for two area casinos and fell for two others in December, according to statistics from the Missouri Gaming Commission.

News Brief: The executive director of the Missouri Gaming Commission is drafting a proposal to allow problem gamblers choose to ban themselves from casinos for a period of years instead of a lifetime ban.

News Brief: With public meetings and prayer vigils, some opponents in south St. Louis County are challenging proposals for a new casino.

News Brief: The future of a Rockaway Beach casino could rest in the hands of Taney County voters.

News Brief: Three gaming companies met Friday's deadline for proposing regional casino projects that could lead to new riverboat gambling venues in both the city's downtown and south St. Louis County.

News Brief: Rockaway Beach residents will be able to decide in February whether to bring a casino to their struggling town.

News Brief: The possibility of two casinos operating next door to each other on Laclede's Landing has discouraged at least one gaming operator from pursuing investments in St. Louis.