photobucket.com/albums/u271/ginger_jediLast year Missouri voters narrowly approved Proposition A. The ballot initiative repealed loss limits for the state's gamblers, taxed casinos for the benefit of schools, and capped the number of gaming licenses issued by the state at 13. Not only did the loss limit measure turn out to be a boon for St. Louis' casinos (an Illinois smoking ban didn't hurt either), it made the gaming licenses into a commodity infinitely more precious than a pile of pok
Two Cyndi Lauper posts in one week on A to Z, eh? However, this one's not for a sad reason: According to her official website, Lauper is playing at the Ameristar Casino in St. Charles on Friday, February 12. Best Valentine's Day present ever? I think so!
U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson has sentenced Gary Kaplan to 51 months in prison. It was the maximum sentence allowed for under a complicated plea agreement that his lawyer struck with federal prosecutors. The millionaire founder of the now-defunct offshore gambling operation known as BETonSPORTS has been in federal custody since his arrest in March 2007 and may receive credit on his sentence for time already served.Kaplan and his cohorts were the subjects of a 2007 RFT feature story, "Doub
Image ViaApparently casinos are extremely profitable endeavors-- even when there are six of them (soon to be seven, possibly eight) in one metropolitan area.The Business Journal reported yesterday that St. Louis-area casino revenue jumped ten percent in October.Here are the numbers: • Las Vegas-based Pinnacle Entertainment's Lumiere Place saw October revenue of $17.9 million, up 41 percent from $12.7 million in October 2008.
• Pinnacle's President Casino saw revenue in October of $1.9 mil
