Deadline

This is the last day for companies wanting to apply for the state’s only remaining casino license.

State law limits Missouri to only 13 casino licenses.  The demise of
the President Casino in St. Louis has opened the competition for its
license.  State Gaming Commission Executive Director Roger Stottlemyre
expects as many as six applicants from the St. Louis and Kansas City
areas and from Cape Girardeau.  He says a detailed evaluation process
will begin immediately. 

One part of the evaluation will be done by the commission staff. 
The Economic Development Department will  study such things as the
impact the new casino would have on other casinos in the area.  In the
Kansas City area, the study will include whether the planned opening of
a new casino just across the state line in Kansas will work against a
proposed casino in Sugar Creek.

The gaming commission wants to decide by the end of the year.