Missouri News - Page 9

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: School districts could gain an estimated $1.6 million a year from the passage of Proposition A, a ballot initiative to repeal Missouri’s current $500 loss limit on gambling.

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: A ballot measure that would eliminate the loss limits at Missouri casinos and cap the number of licensed gambling boats was challenged by two lawsuits filed Thursday in Jefferson City.

News Brief: Lumière Place, Pinnacle Entertainment's new casino in downtown St. Louis, unveiled plans Wednesday for a new 450-seat venue for concerts and extended-run Las Vegas shows.

News Brief: Excluding a casino that opened less than a year ago, revenue at St. Louis area casinos dropped 9.4 percent in July compared to a year ago, according to figures released Monday from the Missouri Gaming Commission and Illinois Gaming Board.

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.

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. reports the selection of Yates/Paric as the general contractor for the Company's River City casino project in the Lemay community of south St. Louis County, Missouri.

The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry Board of Directors has endorsed the Schools First Initiative which will protect over 12,000 jobs and provide more than $100 million in new funding for schools statewide by updating Missouri's outdated casino regulations.

News Brief: In June, all but one of the St. Louis area's six casinos suffered from declining revenue.

Ameristar Casinos, Inc. will hold an Investment Community Field Trip at the Ameristar Casino Resort Spa in St. Charles, Missouri on June 19, 2008.

News Brief: There were mixed results for the six casinos in the St. Louis area in May.

News Brief: The Missouri Horse Racing Commission is set to meet next month for the first time in 10 years, with the thought of racetracks with slot machines in mind.

News Brief: Pinnacle Entertainment's Lumière Place casino and luxury hotel complex in downtown St. Louis lost $760,000 during the company's first quarter primarily due to significant initial marketing and overstaffing.

News Brief: Ameristar Casino St. Charles employees donated $105,000 to the Disabled Athlete Sport Association, the largest donation the organization has ever received, Ameristar said Wednesday.

The Mid-America Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announces a new venue for the 2008 Emmy Awards presented by Lumiere Place Casino & Hotels.

News Brief: The cops at Missouri casinos soon could start packing Tasers.

News Brief: The Missouri House of Representatives gave initial approval Wednesday to a bill that would prohibit the Missouri Gaming Commission from issuing a new license to casinos until Jan. 1, 2010.

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: Possible competition from casinos in Sugar Creek and in Kansas prompted Ameristar Casinos Inc. officials to scrap plans for an expansion at its Kansas City property, acccording to a company spokeswoman said Friday.