No bidders for Kanses SE casino zone

KANSAS -- As reported by the Kansas City Star: "As state officials feared, no applicant emerged by a 5 p.m. deadline Wednesday to manage a state-owned casino in southeast Kansas.

"By earlier agreement the Kansas Lottery Commission will now extend the deadline to April 21.

"...In a failed first round of bidding last year, Penn National Gaming that owns the Argosy Casino Hotel & Spa in Riverside and other U.S. casinos, was the lone bidder for the designated gambling zone in the state's southeast corner.

"But Penn walked away from that deal in September after announcing it could not compete with the $300 million, tribal-owned Downstream Casino that opened July 5 literally next door to Penn's site and just across the state line in Oklahoma..."