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Kansas moves towards owning casinos

JOPLIN, Missouri – As reported by the Joplin Globe: "Following a 21-19 vote in the Kansas Senate Thursday, the state could become the first in the nation to own casinos.

"Thursday's vote approves a bill allowing state-owned casinos in Southeast Kansas and three other locations around the state. The bill, which Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has said she would sign, requires voters in counties where casinos are to be located to vote on the proposal.

"The bill calls for state-owned casino and hotel complexes to be built in either Cherokee County or Crawford County, Ford County, Wyandotte County, and either Sedgwick County or Sumner County. Private companies would submit their plans to the Kansas Lottery Commission, which would choose what it considers the best plan in each of the four areas…"

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