Less than a week after five companies filed applications to build Missouri's 13th casino, one has already been knocked out of the running.

Sunway Gaming LLC's application to put a casino in Sugar Creek, near Kansas City, was rejected for being too incomplete, a spokeswoman for the Missouri Gaming Commission said Tuesday.

That leaves four on the table: One each in north St. Louis City, north St. Louis County, Cape Girardeau and Sugar Creek. The Gaming Commission will weigh each of those applications over the next few months and hopes to award the coveted license by year's end.

The Commission has also set tentative dates for public hearings on the casino license in each of the three regions where applications were received. They'll be in Cape Girardeau on Sept. 27, St. Louis on Sept. 28 and Sugar Creek on Sept. 29. More details, including time and locations, will be available when the hearings grow closer.

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