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DATE:              July 22, 2010
CONTACT:       Sally Lunsford (785) 296-5708, sally.lunsford@kslottery.net

Kansas Lottery Receives Three Casino Applications in
South Central Gaming Zone

TOPEKA, KAN. – The Kansas Lottery has received three applications from groups seeking to manage a state-owned and -operated casino in the South Central Gaming Zone of Kansas. The deadline for groups to submit their applications was 2:00 p.m. on July 22.

These developers have submitted applications to manage a casino in the South Central Gaming Zone (Sumner County):

Casino Name: Kansas Star Casino, Hotel and Event Center
Applicant: Peninsula Gaming Partners, LLC
Location: Exit 33 near Mulvane in Sumner County

Casino Name: To be determined
Applicant: Global Gaming, LLC
Location: Exit 19 near Wellington in Sumner County

Casino Name: Harrah’s Kansas
Applicant: Harrah’s Sumner Investment Co., LLC
Location: Two alternate sites at Exit 33; one in Mulvane and one near Mulvane in Sumner County

The Lottery has 90 days, until October 20, 2010, to review the applications and negotiate contracts with the applicants. The Lottery will forward any contracts that are negotiated to the seven-member Lottery Gaming Facility Review Board for its consideration. The Review Board will then have 60 days to forward its choice to the Kansas Racing & Gaming Commission for approval.

The Kansas Lottery reopened bids in the South Central Gaming Zone after the developers for Chisholm Creek Casino withdrew their application in April 2010.  In November 2008, the first approved casino for the South Central zone, Sumner County Joint Venture (Harrah’s), also withdrew. Both developers cited economic conditions as the reason for their withdrawals.