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Lake Of The Ozarks Casino Group Partners With Bally's; Location Revealed

ATLANTIC CITY, USA - AUGUST 25, 2017: Detail of Bally's Atlantic City hotel and casino in Atlantic City. LAKE OZARK, Mo. - Osage River Gaming and Convention, the investor group angling to build a casino at Lake of the Ozarks, has revealed that it has partnered with Bally's, which operates 15 casinos across 10 states, including one in Kansas…
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St. Louis takes a closer look at online casino regulations

St. Louis, recognized for its cultural richness and dynamic entertainment scene, is now delving into the intricate world of online casino regulations. The surge in popularity of digital gaming platforms has prompted local authorities to contemplate a regulatory framework that ensures responsible gaming, protects consumers and considers the economic…
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St. Louis takes a closer look at online casino regulations
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Missouri's gambling debate players chase stakes worth billions

MISSOURI, USA - Missourians spend billions every year in pursuit of instant riches. They buy lottery tickets, play casino games and dab bingo cards. And increasingly in recent years, they play games of questionable legality in convenience stores, truck stops and small gaming parlors. Everyone involved in the industry thinks people would spend more,…
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Missouri's gambling debate players chase stakes worth billions
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Players in Missouri gambling debate chase stakes worth billions

Missourians spend billions every year in pursuit of instant riches. They buy lottery tickets, play casino games and dab bingo cards. And increasingly in recent years, they play games of questionable legality in convenience stores, truck stops and small gaming parlors. Everyone involved in the industry thinks people would spend more, if given the…
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UAE creates federal authority for 'commercial gaming' as casino giants flock to nation

Monday, Sept. 4, 2023 | 10:38 a.m. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The United Arab Emirates has created a federal authority to potentially run a national lottery and what it describes as "commercial gaming," likely a sign that it is on the verge of allowing gambling as major casino operators flock to the Gulf Arab nation. The state-run WAM news…
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Acres Technology Introduces Interactive ‘Ticket In, Bonus Out’ System

Image Source: Shutterstock.com Acres Technology, a Las Vegas-based casino technology and loyalty solutions developer, is set to launch a groundbreaking technology known as "ticket in-bonus out" (TIBO) in the coming months. TIBO represents an evolution of the well-known "ticket in-ticket out" (TITO) system that has dominated the casino industry for…
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Trial delayed in high-profile Missouri gambling lawsuit

JEFFERSON CITY - A politically connected company that has flooded Missouri gas stations with unregulated slot machines convinced a judge Friday to delay the start of its trial against the state. Attorneys for Torch Electronics and Warrenton Oil won the change after complaining that the state "dumped more than 5000 pages of previously undisclosed…
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Trial delayed in high-profile Missouri gambling lawsuit
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Attorney general calls illegal gambling ‘complex.’ Many Missourians disagree.

JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri's attorney general argued last week that the issue of illegal slot machines in gas stations and bars is "complex" when asked whether he believed the unregulated games were legal or illegal. But, a Post-Dispatch review of public complaints about the spread of unregulated and untaxed video gambling in the state shows many…
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Attorney general calls illegal gambling ‘complex.’ Many Missourians disagree.
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Second federal lawsuit filed against Missouri slot machine company

JEFFERSON CITY - A politically connected company that has flooded Missouri gas stations and truck stops with slot machines is facing a second federal lawsuit. In a complaint filed Wednesday in Missouri's Eastern District, a Sullivan-based coin-operated amusement game firm sued Wildwood-based Torch Electronics, arguing its video machines are illegal…
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Second federal lawsuit filed against Missouri slot machine company
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VICI Properties to Fund Century Casinos Caruthersville Expansion

Experiential real estate investment trust (REIT) VICI Properties announced plans to use its Partner Property Growth Fund and finance an expansion project for Century Casinos in Missouri. VICI Properties will provide the funds for a new land-based casino project at Century Casino Caruthersville, in Caruthersville, Missouri, comprising a casino and…
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VICI partners with Century Casinos to fund new Missouri casino

Casino real estate investment trust VICI Properties has announced it is partnering with land-based operator Century Casinos in its project to open a new property in Missouri. As part of the agreement, VICI will utilize its Partner Property Growth Fund to provide capital for the project, which will see a new facility replace the existing Century…
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New Legislation Proposal Targets Illegal Slot Machines in Missouri

New legislation cracking down on illegal electronic gaming machines (EGMs) at gas stations and corner stores in Missouri may be introduced at the Missouri House in January 2023. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that St. Louis riverside district representative Rasheen Aldridge is pushing forward a plan, which aims to eradicate illegal gambling…
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New Legislation Proposal Targets Illegal Slot Machines in Missouri
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Century Casinos provides updates on Caruthersville projects

Gaming News 5 December 2022 (PRESS RELEASE) -- Century Casinos, Inc. broke ground on the new land-based casino and hotel development at Century Casino Caruthersville (the "Caruthersville Project") on Friday, 2 December. The Mississippi casino at Century Casino Caruthersville will offer 650 slot machines (with the possibility of an expansion of up…
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Missouri: Century Casinos breaks ground on casino development in Caruthersville

Century Casinos has released an update on its casino construction project in Caruthersville, Missouri. The company broke ground on the new land-based casino and hotel development at Century Casino Caruthersville on December 2. The venue will feature 650 slot machines (with the possibility of an expansion of up to 140 additional slot machines),…
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Missouri: Century Casinos breaks ground on casino development in Caruthersville
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Century Casinos Provides Updat

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Century Casinos, Inc. (Nasdaq Capital Market®: CNTY) broke ground on the new land-based casino and hotel development at Century Casino Caruthersville (the "Caruthersville Project") on Friday, December 2, 2022. The casino at Century Casino Caruthersville will offer 650 slot machines (with the…
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Fact Finders: Are gambling machines in gas stations legal?

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - St. Louis area lawmaker Rasheen Aldridge plans to file a bill to address all the gambling machines you see in gas stations. That's the subject of this week's Fact Finders: Are gambling machines allowed in gas stations? Missouri has 13 regulated casinos. For other situations, The Missouri Highway Patrol considers machines…
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Armed with campaign cash, video gambling companies again pushing for legal slots in Missouri

JEFFERSON CITY - Two video gambling companies from Illinois are backing proposed legislation that would bring slot machines to Missouri gas stations, truck stops and bars. J&J Ventures and Accel Entertainment have formed a political action committee designed to funnel campaign contributions to lawmakers who have been unable to agree on a way to…
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States Where Gambling is Illegal (and Probably Always Will Be)

In May 2018, the United States Supreme Court overturned the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992. This effectively lifted the ban on sports betting nationwide. As of 2022, this has led to widespread sports and casino gambling being adopted at the state level. However, there are some states where gambling is illegal. Moreover, the…
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Missouri regulators field complaints, inquiries about spread of slot machines

JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri gaming regulators have recorded nearly 100 reports of illegal slot machines this year as the unregulated industry continues to flood the state with gambling devices. But, not all of the people who call the Missouri Gaming Commission or fill out one of its complaint forms are upset about the spread of the unregulated and…
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Missouri regulators field complaints, inquiries about spread of slot machines
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Letter: Missouri needs to crack down on illegal slot machines

I represent the Missouri Home Dock Cities Association. Regarding "Casino cities in Missouri call for crackdown on illegal gambling" (Feb. 24): Backers of the illegal slot machines that have flooded Missouri convenience stores, truck stops and bars are asking Missouri lawmakers to approve legislation enabling the Missouri Lottery Commission to…
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Letter: Missouri needs to crack down on illegal slot machines
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Casino cities in Missouri call for crackdown on illegal gambling

Officials in Missouri's 13 cities that have casinos called Wednesday for a stronger crackdown on illegal gambling machines that have flooded the state in recent years. Members of the Missouri Home Dock City Association said Attorney General Eric Schmitt, county prosecutors and law enforcement agencies should move aggressively to enforce laws…
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Casino cities in Missouri call for crackdown on illegal gambling
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State commission says January casino gaming numbers down in Southeast Missouri (2/22/22)

Missouri Gaming Commission has released its latest report on the 13 casinos operating in the Show Me State and available for public review. The $140 million Century Casino Cape Girardeau, which was licensed and opened for business as Isle Casino on Oct. 30, 2012, has 38600-square-feet of gaming space, with 842 gaming devices and 23 table games. The…
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Lumière Place casino changes name to Horseshoe St. Louis

ST. LOUIS - Lumière Place Casino & Hotel in downtown St. Louis is rebranding as the Horseshoe St. Louis, officials announced Monday. Owner Caesars Entertainment Inc. said it will begin to change signage and update the casino floor with new slot options, carpeting and lighting by this spring. A new Starbucks is expected to open later this year,…
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Lumière Place casino changes name to Horseshoe St. Louis
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Senator compares Missouri purveyor of slot machine-style games to illegal drug dealer

JEFFERSON CITY - A state senator on Thursday compared one Wildwood-based company to an illegal drug dealer, calling the argument its video gaming devices aren't games of chance "loose and fictitious." The comments by Sen. Bill White, R-Joplin, followed testimony during a Missouri Senate hearing by Thomas Robbins, lobbyist for Torch Electronics, who…
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Senator compares Missouri purveyor of slot machine-style games to illegal drug dealer
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GDEN: Feeling Lucky? Consider Betting on These 3 Lesser-Known Casino Stocks

Despite travel restrictions and the shutdown of casinos and other gambling outlets during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the rising popularity and legalization of online gambling and iGaming services have helped the industry rebound since the first COVID-19 wave last year. The strong vaccination drive, the lifting of travel bans, and the…
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Amid spread of slot machines in Missouri, citizens raise concerns to gambling regulators

JEFFERSON CITY - Nearly 300 people have asked Missouri gambling regulators to investigate potentially illegal slot machines that have flooded the state. In a report to the Missouri Lottery Commission, the general counsel of the Missouri Gaming Commission said a hotline established by the agency has received 280 citizen reports about the machines,…
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Amid spread of slot machines in Missouri, citizens raise concerns to gambling regulators
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Casino revenue recovers from pandemic, flood years

A return to business as usual with no disruptions has felt like hitting the jackpot not only for the St. Jo Frontier Casino, but also local government agencies that benefit from its revenue. According to the Missouri Gaming Commission, the St. Jo Frontier Casino is up by 20% in adjusted gross revenue for the Fiscal Year of 2022, which began in…
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Casino revenue recovers from pandemic, flood years
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GDEN: 2 Under the Radar Casino Stocks Rated 'Strong Buy'

The gradual easing of restrictions on in-person casino patronage following solid progress on the vaccination front and growing interest in online casinos have been driving the industry's growth. The four regional casino markets that track visitation in July reported their strongest visitation numbers since the pandemic's start. According to the…
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GDEN: 2 Under the Radar Casino Stocks Rated 'Strong Buy'
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Few charges result from scores of Missouri highway patrol gambling investigations

During 2019 and 2020, the Missouri State Highway Patrol delivered almost 200 cases to local prosecutors alleging violations of state gambling laws. But according to state court data, only about two dozen cases have actually been filed. In most counties with alleged violations - including eight of 13 with five or more cases - prosecutors have not…
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Few charges result from scores of Missouri highway patrol gambling investigations
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Bally’s breaks ground at former Isle of Capri Casino

Bally's Kansas City broke ground on a $40 million land-based property expansion at the site of the former Isle of Capri Casino last week, kicking off a renovation that will feature new restaurants, amenities and retail at 1800 East Front St. "We are so thankful to be a part of a vibrant community, we're fortunate to have great neighbors in City…
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Bally’s breaks ground at former Isle of Capri Casino
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Century Casinos Provides Updates about Century Casino Caruthersville in Missouri

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Century Casinos, Inc. (Nasdaq Capital Market®: CNTY) ("Century Casinos" or the "Company") announced today the latest developments at Century Casino Caruthersville in Missouri. Efforts to change a Missouri law that required each casino to be a "floating facility" have been successful. Going…
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Century Casinos Provides Updates about Century Casino Caruthersville in Missouri
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Commission won't pursue a casino smoking ban

Much has changed since the St. Jo Frontier Casino first opened for business in 1994. The riverboat no longer paddles up and down the Missouri River, it's no longer docked Downtown and gamblers aren't limited to $500 in losses during a two-hour period. One thing has remained constant: It's perfectly legal for someone to light up and smoke a…
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Commission won't pursue a casino smoking ban
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Legislative gridlock on gambling puts ‘gray-market’ machines before Missouri courts

Despite a felony guilty verdict, a misdemeanor guilty plea and ongoing criminal cases in several counties, another year of legislative inaction means unregulated devices that offer cash prizes to players will continue to proliferate in Missouri. Whether that inaction will also become an issue in the courts - where, in addition to about a dozen…
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Legislative gridlock on gambling puts ‘gray-market’ machines before Missouri courts
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Defeat of gambling bill likely dooms legislative push against ‘gray market’ machines

The Missouri Senate has defeated a three-pronged effort to expand gambling in Missouri while suppressing unregulated devices that offer cash prizes to players. The vote that defeated the bill may have been the last chance this legislative session to address the proliferation of devices that some prosecutors have attacked as illegal and that others…
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Defeat of gambling bill likely dooms legislative push against ‘gray market’ machines
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Missouri slow to act on illegal slot machines

Jack Suntrup St. Louis Post-Dispatch JEFFERSON CITY - In the wake of a recent ruling that a Kansas company's unregulated slot machine-style games were illegal, Missouri officials are now divided on how to move forward with policing roughly 14000 similar devices deployed at gas stations and bars across the state. The Post-Dispatch obtained a draft…
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2020 pandemic blues hit Kansas state-owned casinos; Hollywood Casino in KCK down 35%

Feb. 15-When the Kansas Legislature gambled on state-owned casinos, they weren't betting on a year like 2020. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the state casinos went from their best year on record to their worst year ever. Revenue generated by Kansas' four casinos - Kansas City, Mulvane, Dodge City and Pittsburg - dropped from $416 million in 2019 to…
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2020 pandemic blues hit Kansas state-owned casinos; Hollywood Casino in KCK down 35%
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Lawmakers renew effort to crack down on illegal gaming machines in Missouri

Missouri law is clear that it is illegal to have gambling machines outside of a casino. Yet in bars, gas stations and other gathering spots around the state, games similar to slot machines have been popping up for years. So why, despite outcry from some lawmakers, law enforcement and state regulators, has Missouri been hesitant to crack down on…
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Gaming machines spreading across Missouri present new addiction concerns

COLUMBIA, Mo. - For Albert Newsome, the short drive to play the slots at the Fast Lane gas station near his house is more appealing than making a 20-mile trip to the nearest casino in Boonville. "Twenty miles is a long way to drive just to play a machine," he said on a recent afternoon. "This is easy and convenient." Newsome's experience…
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Gaming machines spreading across Missouri present new addiction concerns
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If it looks like a slot machine, maybe it is

They come with flashy display screens and names like Gold Illusion and Lady Luck. These machines beep, chirp, whistle and induce a trance-like stare from players who patiently hope for that one jackpot. To long-time St. Joseph businessman Tom Cobb, they look like slot machines. He's been saying it for years, and now a judge agrees. That could spell…
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If it looks like a slot machine, maybe it is