Penn Gaming Drops Plans To Manage Kansas Casino

Penn Gamings plans to manage a Kansas Casino were dropped earlier this week after they reevaluated the location and competition in the area.

The only company to show an interest in running a state-owned casino in Cherokee County has dropped its plans, leaving southeast Kansas without anything to show for its long support for gambling.

Penn National Gaming Inc. said Thursday that its proposed casino in Cherokee County could not compete with a casino so close to the state line in Oklahoma that its parking lot is in Kansas. That venture, operated by the Quapaw Tribe, opened this summer.