State’s first casino application comes from Pa.

A Pennsylvania company with gambling operations in 12 states is the first applicant for a contract to manage a state-owned casino in Kansas. Penn National Gaming Inc. proposes a $295 million hotel-and-casino complex in Cherokee County, in the state’s far southeast corner. It filed its application Friday with the Kansas Lottery, which would own the casino under a new law. The new law permitted …

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Fri, August 31st, 2007

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