Casino Gambling In Wyandotte County? Not Yet, But Check Back Soon

Wyandotte County has been waiting years for casino gambling since voters approved four state-owned casinos in Kansas. Now, residents in the county will have to wait even longer thanks to the governor.

Governor Mark Parkinson granted an extension to the Racing and Gaming Commission to give the Commission time to complete a background check on the developer that was chosen to build a casino at the Kansas Speedway.

Penn National Gaming, a developer with casinos in several other states, will be building the casino. That is assuming that the company comes back as an acceptable developer by Kansas standards. The original deadline for the background check was last week.

"The state of Kansas have bumbled their way through this casino expansion process for several years, so it comes as no surprise that there will be further delays," said Gaming Analyst Brad Dawkins, "It is just another in the long line of hiccups that the state has experienced in the long process."

Dodge City currently has the only operating casino in Kansas. The three other zones that were approved for casinos all had developers back out of original agreements because of the credit crunch during the economic recession in the US.

Penn National is partnering with the International Speedway Corp. to bring the over $500 million casino project to reality. The plan is to have the casino open by 2012, but that is assuming that there are no further state delays.

January 14, 2010
Posted By Tom Jones
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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