Missouri’s casinos clearly don’t like competition. They lobbied hard for voter passage of Proposition A, which caps the number of casino licenses in the state at 13. Now, casinos in western Missouri don’t have to worry about competition directly across the state line, either. Kansas once appeared to be on the way to licensing as many as seven casinos, including two in the Kansas City metro area, but most of those plans have fallen by the wayside. Last week, developers dropped plans for a Hard Rock Hotel and Casino at the Kansas Speedway. With that big-name competitor gone, the Missouri casinos have little to worry about on their western flank. The only remaining Kansas casino being developed is in Dodge City, in the state’s southwest corner.