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12.17.2008 12:20 pm

Casino industry won’t recover until 2010 says Fitch

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Fitch Ratings expects that the gaming industry, slammed by the credit crunch and consumers cutting back on discretionary spending, will not recover until 2010.

“The gaming industry experienced a greater impact from the difficult financial conditions for consumers in 2008 than many investors…

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12.02.2008 11:27 am

Isle of Capri loss narrows in Q2, but revenue falls

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Isle of Capri Casinos said its loss narrowed in the second quarter, but revenue fell and it’s still being buffeted by the weak economy and hurricanes on the Gulf Coast.

The Creve Coeur-based gaming company Tuesday morning reported revenues of $254.1…

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09.02.2008 4:59 pm

Casino loss-limits campaign gets new name

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The group pushing for an end to loss limits at Missouri casinos has a new name.

It’s no longer the “Yes for Schools First Coalition.” It is, rather, “the YES on A Coalition.”

Why the change? Well, the Secretary of State recently…

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07.16.2008 11:26 am

Ameristar, Pinnacle spend $500K on loss-limits push

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Two of the region’s biggest casino companies - Ameristar Casinos and Pinnacle Entertainment - poured another $500,000 into their bid to overturn Missouri’s casino loss-limits law in the second quarter, according to a filing this week with the Missouri Ethics…

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02.20.2008 3:33 pm

Gaming Commission OKs new KC casino, bars Illinois violators

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Missouri Gaming Commission today voted 5-0 to give preliminary approval for a fifth casino in the Kansas City area, this one in Sugar Creek in eastern Jackson County.

Only one casino operator, Des Moines, Iowa-based Wild Rose Entertainment, has applied for the…

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