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09.17.2008 2:55 pm

Jackpot: Casinos give even more to get betting limits removed

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Two companies that operate local casinos have put even more coin towards a ballot question that would repeal state limits on gambling. casino chips

Ameristar, which has a boat in St. Charles, and Pinnacle Entertainment, whose Lumiere Place opened downtown last year,…

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07.16.2008 4:49 pm

Casinos making big wager on push to end gambling limits

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Be sure to check out our brother Business News blog on STLtoday.com, which has spending reports from “Yes for Schools First” — the euphemistically-named campaign seeking to repeal the $500 spending limits at state casinos. (It would also raise taxes on…

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06.19.2008 6:00 am

Republicans and donors to party at casino

Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau

Senate Republicans will raise campaign funds tonight at what they’re billing as “a tropical cocktail hour underneath the cabanas on the pool deck of Ameristar Casino” in St. Charles.

The description comes from an invitation signed by Senate Majority Leader Charlies…

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04.24.2008 12:00 pm

UPDATED: Margaritaville draws capital contingent

Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau

Rep. Shannon Cooper is among those headed to St. Louis tonight for the sold-out Jimmy Buffet concert at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater.

Cooper, R-Clinton, said he got a complimentary room for the night at the nearby Ameristar Casino hotel.

“Of course they…

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