Nevada gambling regulators criticize casino contest probe - 2004-03-19
Nevada gambling regulators received a $1 million settlement from a Las Vegas Strip casino, but also faulted casino executives and state investigators for their response to a contest-rigging complaint.

Nevada Gaming Commission Chairman Peter Bernhard called allegations that The Venetian fixed contests the most serious he'd seen as a commissioner.

"The issues go to the heart of the integrity of the industry," Bernhard said Thursday. "I can't imagine the people involved did not know this was wrong."
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Delaware Tribe seeks to build casino near Kansas Speedway - 2004-03-19
The Oklahoma-based Delaware Tribe is the latest to propose developing a casino in Wyandotte County.

The tribe wants to open a $225 million casino and resort in Bonner Springs next to the Kansas Speedway, which officials say would generate about
2,000 jobs in the city of 6,700. The city would reap 4.2 percent of the casino revenues to begin, rising to 6 percent after seven years.

"This is a great opportunity for the largest economic development project in the history of Bonner Springs," Mayor Clausie Smith said Wednesday.
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