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Voters Reject Gambling Plan4 August 2004MISSOURI -- As reported by the St Louis Post-Dispatch: "Missouri voters rejected a plan Tuesday to rewrite the state constitution to allow riverboat gambling in the struggling resort town of Rockaway Beach. "For many, it was a question of values. Despite a massive campaign blitz from casino supporters, voters said they just didn't feel right about expanding gambling in Missouri. "Feelings were strong not only about gambling, but also about an amendment to ban gay marriages. The issues, appearing next to each other on the ballot, were the very things that brought many to the polls. "...The casino effort lost in virtually every county in the state. "...Currently, riverboat casinos can be built only along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. Rockaway Beach, a town of 577 people in southwest Missouri, wanted the constitution changed to allow riverboat casinos on other waterways, specifically the White River..." |