Kansas Lawmakers Scrap Gambling Debate Plans This Session

The state of Kansas has been trying to get things right regarding expanded casino gambling for over two years now. Lawmakers know that the gambling debate can take up a lot of time in a legislative session.

That is why they have scrapped any plans for a gambling debate this session. They instead have chosen to focus on other important issues that they feel are more pressing than the gambling topic.

"The budget needs to be first and foremost," said Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt, "We have to be careful that other things don't detract from us getting the budget done."

Kansas already has approved four casinos in different counties in the state. Of the four state owned casinos, only one is currently under construction, the others all have developers that have pulled out of contracts to run casinos.

Some lawmakers have been concerned that because of the trouble the state has had in getting those casino built, a gambling debate in legislature could be counterproductive.

There are lawmakers who feel the system has failed, and would like to see the 2007 law that allowed for the four casinos, overturned. Now that there has been a consensus to not debate gambling this session, the four zones approved for a casino appear safe.

April 7, 2009
Posted By Tom Jones
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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