by admin | Jul 7, 2004 | Politics / Govt
An organized effort has been launched by opponents of the proposal to amend the State Constitution to allow a casino to be built in southwest Missouri. Ross Summers, the Executive Vice President of the Branson Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce, is one of the spokesmen...
by admin | Jul 7, 2004 | News
The Missouri Lottery had another record year in fiscal year 2004, with sales totaling more than $791.5-Million in ticket sales. Lottery Spokesman Gary Gonder says that while sales are at their highest level ever, big increases are not something new. They jumped by 21...
by admin | Jun 14, 2004 | Crime / Courts
A county judge has refused to remove a proposed constitutional amendment from the August ballot that would allow the southwest Missouri community of Rockaway Beach to have a gambling boat. Cole County Judge Richard Callahan says the only thing that could be challenged...
by admin | Jun 2, 2004 | News
The next casino in the St. Louis area will be in Lemay. The St. Louis County Council has voted to let Pinnacle Entertainment build the casino. It will be the sixth casino in the St. Louis area. Pinnacle wants to put it on an 80 acre environmentally-contaminated site...
by admin | Jun 1, 2004 | News
We observe a decade of legal casino gambling in Missouri. The man in charge of enforcing state gaming laws says the major standards under which the industry got started are almost all gone, that the loss limit is about all that’s left of the major standards that...
