Missouri News - Page 8

Isle of Capri Casinos, Casino Celebration and Blue Sky Development are all seeking the Missouri gaming license being abandoned by Pinnacle Entertainment.

A report in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch said that Steve Wynn visited two Pinnacle Entertainment properties in the area.

The Missouri casino will host a series of World Series of Poker Circuit events beginning April 2.

Pinnacle Entertainment held a sneak preview of its $380 million suburban St. Louis casino Monday and the reviews were overwhelmingly positive.

Virginia McDowell has been selected by Casino Journal as the magazine’s “2009 Gaming Executive of the Year.”

Pinnacle Entertainment has pushed up the opening of the $357 million River City casino to early March.

News brief: Kansas City casinos took in $61 million in revenue and Missouri's overall take of $148.1 equaled a 0.2 percent increase.

News brief: Kansas City casino revenue dropped 1.1 percent in July as compared to a year ago.

News brief: The four Kansas City casinos monthly take grew to $61 million, up 3.4 percent from April 2008.

Two Wall Street Analysts praised the Las Vegas-based gaming company after results from L'Auberge du Lac in Lake Charles, La., and Lumiere Place in St. Louis.

News brief: Revenue at the area's four casinos fell 2 percent from March 2008 but the decline was much less than Las Vegas or Atlantic City.

News brief: Casino admissions jumped up 6.3 percent over the same month a year ago as changes in Missouri law had a strong effect on gaming.

News brief: Voters in Missouri passed Proposition A back in November, which supporters claimed could generate $130 million annually from casinos.

News brief: The Argosy Casino Hotel & Spa lost more than $100,000 in a counterfeit casino chip scam.

News brief: The Isle of Capri casino has replaced almost all of its coin-operated devices.

News brief: Gamblers will be allowed to walk into any casino without identifying themselves unless asked to prove they are at least 21.

News brief: A state judge rejected Monday a lawsuit seeking to strip a proposal to revise Missouri's casino laws from the Nov. 4 ballot.

Amid collapsing credit markets and sinking stock prices, gaming industry leaders are looking for any piece of positive news.

News brief: Opponents and supporters of Proposition A are in court in Jefferson City today for a hearing on constitutional challenges to the proposal.

Ameet Patel has been named General Manager of its Argosy Casino Hotel & Spa in Riverside, Missouri, effective October 14, 2008.