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Market protections key issue in casino compact

Thursday, Oct. 21, 2004 | 9:08 a.m.

TOPEKA, Kan. -- Market protections for a proposed casino in Wyandotte County emerged Wednesday as a key issue for a legislative committee reviewing a gambling compact between two Indian tribes and Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.

Sebelius' office and the Kickapoo and Sac and Fox tribes outlined the compact for the Joint Committee on Tribal-State Relations. The agreement guarantees the state revenue from a $210 million casino-and-hotel complex proposed by the tribes.

While Sebelius' office estimates the state could receive $50 million or more annually in revenue, the amount is tied to how aggressively Kansas limits gambling elsewhere.

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