Company Withdraws Plan For SE Kansas Casino
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Company Withdraws Plan For SE Kansas Casino
The only company to show interest in running a state-owned casino in southeast Kansas has abandoned its plans.
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The only company to show interest in running
a state-owned casino in southeast Kansas has abandoned its plans.

Penn National Gaming Inc. said Thursday that its proposed casino
in Cherokee County could not compete with an Indian casino across
the state line in Oklahoma.

Penn, based in Wyomissing, Pa., blamed provisions of a Kansas
law enacted last year to allow a single state-owned casino in each
of four counties. It said another factor was its failure to win a
contract for a Sumner County casino.

The law requires a bidder for a Cherokee County contract to
invest $225 million and pay a $25 million privilege fee.

Last month, a state board approved a contract between Penn and
the state for Cherokee County.

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