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Wyandotte County voters approve casino expansion and slots
Wyandotte County residents approve a nonbinding 2008 ballot item expanding gambling with slot machines at the Woodlands. About 19,797 of 84,387 registered voters cast ballots for a 23.5 percent turnout, echoing an earlier 1996 vote that favored a county casino. Local leaders celebrated, with Kansas City Kansas Chamber president Cindy Cash and mayors from Bonner Springs, Edwardsville, and Kansas City, Kan. praising the result as a foundation for regional development. Construction of a privately run state-owned casino is expected in two to three years, with 800 temporary slot machines planned at the Woodlands as early as 2008 and a permanent facility by fall 2008.
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